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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 387099, member: 2844&quot;]You are spot on, Laura. It is a Makonde helmet mask, sometimes called a death mask. The hair is real human hair, but unlikely to be from a deceased person.</p><p>The Makonde live in Tanzania and Mozambique.</p><p>Here is an explanation of the initiation dance it is used in:</p><p><a href="http://carlos.emory.edu/content/lipiko-mask" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://carlos.emory.edu/content/lipiko-mask" rel="nofollow">http://carlos.emory.edu/content/lipiko-mask</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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