TYPE: Mask
DIMENSIONS: Heights: 16 and 17 inches (40.64 and 43.18 cm)
COMPONENTS: One with eyes downcast, eye lashes indicated beneath, the coiffure in curving and vertical braids surmounted by a coxcomb with notches along top and tapering horn-like projection at back.
The other has a coiffure of plaits and braids swept up to four topknots. The eye holes roughly chipped away to make them larger. A small aluminum crescent on the forehead. Long braided fiber remains of the costume attached to bottom perimeter.
CONDITION: Both in good condition, appropriate for age, origin, and mediums; the first with a nailed repair to the beak shape at top; the other with a hairline crack on the forehead up into the coiffure and minor scrapes.
ITEM ID: 5562