Hip ornament (a); lost-wax cast in brass. Removeable sheet metal cover (b). In form of leopard's face; overlapping teeth, bared teeth, slanted eyes three whiskers on eihter side of face, nose has cross-hatched panel. Upright ears. Projecting decorztive flange around lower part of ornemant terminating in small suspension loops; single large crtoal attached at centre. Circlet of stylised cowrie shells (?) around head. Deep edges to form container at back. Inside the hollowed mask is following: section of animal back bone with twelve vertebrae (c); brass bell (d); leather pouch (e); seven lead spheroids (f); seed (g); four seeds (h); cowrie shell (i); sample of gum? or resin? (j); part of shell (k); stone pebble (l); human molar tooth (m); ?animal claw (n); pierced stone attached to wire (o); seven ?glass beads (p).
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