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The Bamileke also believe that the Ancestor's spirit still remains within the actual skulls of the Ancestors as well, so they keep possession of them. The oldest male in the family keeps the skulls of both male and female ancestors in a dwelling that the family built and a diviner has blessed.
A wide array of ornamental items can be applied to the mask surface; examples include animal hair, horns, or teeth, sea shells, seeds, straw, egg shell, and feathers. Animal hair or straw are often used for a mask's hair or beard. The general structure of a mask varies depending on the way it is intended to be worn.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... Feather headdress may refer to: War bonnet (Plains Indians) Montezuma's ...
The "flaring" eagle feather bonnet is often made of golden eagle tail feathers connected to a buckskin or felt crown. There are slits at the base of the crown that allow the bonnet to have a "flaring" look. An unusual form of bonnet is the "fluttering feather" bonnet, with the feathers loosely attached to a felt or buckskin cap, hanging at the ...
Stunning eagle feather headdress that once belonged to Chief Spotted Tail to go on full display next year
Mexican feather work was a Pre-Columbian art form which was continued after the Conquest of the Aztec Empire, originally organized by the Spanish missionaries into a luxury export trade, sending objects back to Europe. Immediately after the conquest existing objects such as Montezuma's headdress, now in Vienna, were admired in the courts of Europe.
The feathers on Quinn's shirt are a replica of the feathers from the former logo. The shirt was not licensed by the team or the NFL. Dan Quinn is making waves before his first game as head coach ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:43, 7 March 2014: 1,504 × 3,228 (498 KB): Hiart {{Information |Description ={{en|1=Bush cow mask/headress, Bamileke people, Cameroon, early 20th century, carved wood, Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 4368.1}} |Source ={{own}} |Author =Hiart |Date =photo...