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Egungun Headdress
  As depicted in this Egungun Headdress, hunters wore their hair long and braided into a tail at the back of the head.  The tuft covered incisions in the scalp where medicines had been inserted.11

Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa. Fagg, Pemberton, Holcombe, Eds. 1982. p105

Egungun Headdress Finials
Egungun Layewu)
Egba, Abeokuta
Wood, H. 10 1/4"
Private Collection

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