Bufalo Mask of the Secret Society Vabong

Known buffalo mask of the Mumuye The part of the head that represents the nose does not carry any pigmentation. In the rest of the mask dominates et red tukula over the black. A central edge in relief until the beginning of the nose divides the head into two parts. In each of them an open angle faces the vertex of the other side, in the center of these angles are the eyes. These hunter masks in addition to participating in ceremonies organized by hunter societies participate in important agrarian events. They favor hunting and prevent the nyama of the killed animals may disturb people.

This mask at the initiation ceremony of the secret society Vabong accompany the priest to seek out the young initiates while they are whipped with a whip. In the afternoon the mask is hidden in the vicinity of a black stone smeared with ointment intended to keep women away, as Maesen tells us (1970:10) After three months the inicados meet again in this secret place and beat themselves again. This initiatory ceremony is repeated every seven years.