Gikhoko pendant (Central Pende) - EO.0.0.36554
4th quarter of the 19th century. RD Congo. Elephant ivory. Registered in 1936. Collected by J. Hofman (1910s-1930s).
The special form of the protuberances in the hair of this gikhoko distinguish it from the three other specimens. Perhaps this is a representation of the ginginga mask that did not have the three-pointed hairstyle of a chief, but a beautiful feathered headdress.
