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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 242604, member: 45&quot;]It&#039;s a traditional style mask made by the Mambila people of Cameroon.&nbsp; It is usually simply described as an &quot;animal mask.&quot;</p><p>This one seems to be missing its lower jaw, an eye, and a horn.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even Sotheby&#039;s catalog description says it &quot;has zoomorphic features which are difficult to associate with any one specific animal.&quot; But it is traditionally depicted with ears, horns, an open mouth with with teeth, and protruding eyes. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also important to realize that sometimes images in masks are of creatures who are very &quot;real,&quot; in a sense, but may be unknown to people outside the culture, and may not even exist elsewhere.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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