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Crocodile head dance mask (buk). A crocodile head of turtle shell with a human face on top and a 'double eyebrow' above is on a basic wooden box with red, white and black decoration. The jaws are of painted tin with decorations of cassowary feathers, goa nuts and large cowries. Two wooden bird heads project at the rear and on right and a turtle-shell crescent is on the snout.
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