Amou Yassoua Conjuration Bufalo Mask

Mask called "buffalo" although in reality, as on numerous occasions in African art, is a mask composed of features of different animals. The fangs remind of the crocodile's facocero and nose. It is a male mask that participates in the funeral ceremonies of the notables and especially to expel the evil spirits from the village. Women cannot see this mask because they would run the risk of rendering sterile and even dying. These masks, like other baulé polychrome masks, are repainted from time to time so that they appear beautiful in the important ceremonies. Painted in black, red and white, traditional ethnic colours.