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Originally Posted by chevalier
the hilt still could be a representation of a ground hornbill, which has huge red wattles around its eyes.
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All doors are still open.
If we look at their mask typology, even mixes maybe seen; i have just seen a mask half monkey half hornbill.
But i also noticed that the ground hornbill, such one with the eye wattles, lives more to the east of Africa.
It could be a coincidence, but the majority of hornbills i see carved in Malian masks, are more the type represented with their bills strongly down curved ... certainly other variants.
Fernando