Cleveland Museum of Art
Comb (cisakulo)
mid- to late 1800s
The double birds on this comb are the <em>ngungu</em>, a kind of hornbill linked to hunting and the related power of leaders. They were considered a good omen, and served as mediators between the earthly world and the spiritual one.
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