Lot 167 Dα

Cf. Phelps, S., "Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas : The James Hooper Collection", London, 1976, p.130, no.988, for a related mask, described as a shoulder mask, acquired by James Hooper from the Lord Hambledon collection, Berkshire, in 1951. Such masks were worn on the back of the head and on the shoulders and were ofter tied on to larger body costume masks.