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While in recent times the use of pairs of ikpobi masks has been confined to funerary ceremonies, the traditional use was radically different.
Ikpobi appeared in the dances of successful returning warriors, in which the heads of vanquished enemies were brandished as trophies
(adapted from Iris Hahner-Herzog, Maria Kecskési, and László Vajda. Masques Africains de la collection Barbier-Mueller, L'autre Visage. Paris: Adam Biro, 1997, p.152).
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One camel does not make fun of the other camel's hump. 
