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African Kuba Headdress & Mask Embroidered w. Cowry

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African Kuba Headdress & Mask Embroidered w. Cowry

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African Kuba Tribe Embroidered Headdress & Mask: Congo The Kuba believed in Bumba the Sky Father who spewed out the sun, moon, stars, and planets. He also created life with the Earth Mother. However these were somewhat distant deities, and the Kuba placed more immediate concern in a supernatural being named Woot, who named the animals and other things. Woot was the first human and bringer of civilization. The Kuba are sometimes known as the "Children of Woot (Part of a Private Collection from the Tillman Estate)

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African Kuba Headdress & Mask Embroidered w. Cowry

Name: African Kuba Headdress & Mask Embroidered w. Cowry
SKU: 40841969
Price: 350 USD
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