Hausa
Hunter’s Bird Decoy Headdress (Burtu)
Hausa, 1900-1932
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Hausa
Hunter’s Bird Decoy Headdress (Burtu)
Hausa, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Great Hornbill skull and beak, wood, leather, abrus seeds, glass, feather, 12 x 12 5/8 in. (30.5 x 32 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1954.145.107
In the form of a bird decoy (burtu)
"Beyond Flight: Birds in African Art", Dec 20, 2017-June 17, 2018, BMA, Kevin Tervala.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.64, ill.
On View at the BMA
