Luluwa mask

Guro masks are dancing masks, and their masquerade is well known in West African villages. They are used for entertainment and to represent social roles. Male dancers don masks and dance competitions are held between neighboring villages.

"These types of African masks, designed to unveil the magician, are carved on the eve of the ceremony. That Strict facets should counteract mystical powers. Accompanied by words, gestures, dances, etc. Sacrifice, it also interferes with enlightenment outside the mundane sight. Velvet matte patina. erosion, potato chips. The appearance of these masks, usually coated with kaolin (white evokes ancestors), in the middle of the night, may cause fear. Ngil males used this type of mask A society that no longer exists today. This secret society is responsible for empowerment and opposes empowerment witchcraft. ngil, a ritual of purifying fire symbolized by a gorilla and a guarantor of peace Determine the season, place and conditions for building the village Development of agricultural land. The area inhabited by the Fang people is from Yaouin in Cameroon to Ogué in Cameroon Gabon has never had a political entity. Maintain clan cohesion through religious and judicial measures Associations like so and ngil."

This is a beautiful vintage Ashanti wooden bird mask decorated with glass beads and brass, made by the Akan people of Ghana. Handcrafted from local Sese wood, this African mask features colorful recycled glass beads around the face and brass on the forehead. Eye-catching and noble, the mask features a dove on the head of a man named Anoma Ba, which means "bird" in Ghana's Akan language. A wonderful mask to decorate your home or give as a gift.

Sculpture of the female face of Monoxyle with a sculpted figurine depicting a person or dignitary king. He dances with the help of a man when the mask Gyela (daughter of Gu and Zamble) appears The assistant raised his cloak. Polished color. crack. bruises. Among the Mande groups from the south, in central Côte d'Ivoire, on the banks of the Bandama, Organized into bloodlines, Gouro forms the western neighbor of Baoulé Who Several features are borrowed from their work. They have been in use since the 1950s The masks associated with the Zaouli dance refer to the genius of nature and come in two animal forms After the mask is a third personification, believed to be the wife of the Zamblé mask, Gu. Gu or Lu represents a young woman with beauty standards specific to Guro Especially facial scars and files. According to the authors Fisher and Humberg in "Art's Côte d'Ivoire", which was abandoned once the mask appeared to no longer be of public interest new copy