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Composite openwork face mask (kangwingwi) for Nyau masquerade made of plastic raffia sacking and cloth strips bound with sisal, partly stained black. Mouth area covered with kapok ?, eye area bound with kapok ?. Teeth of cardboard inserted on inside of bound pad. Protruding 'horn' with metal wire core covered in cloth and kapok ?. Rectangular piece of skin with attached hair fastened to top pad. Directly behind 'horn' are sewn cotton cloth strips, bottom cloths have back-to-front "S" letter applied in kapok and secured with cotton thread. Bundle of pink plastic raffia at one side of mask. Synthetic ties in combination of red, white and blue used to secure mask to head.
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