Elu Parlante Mask

These masks have been used mainly to celebrate ancestors and also in harvests so that by their intercession the vintage is good. This mask has the face painted green, above which stand out white eyes and red lips. On the forehead stands out a group of eight keloids painted in black, which is a characteristic symbol of the Ogoni, just like the rombros of the Punu. A red upper stripe, surrounds the forehead. A row of teeth stands out over the mobile mandibula, attached to a door to the top. These teeth are usually metal or cane. It is curious the shape of the ears, which are divided by two groups of triangles, red and black, opposite. They often carry on their heads some sign that recalls the importance of the ancestor or as in this case an image of the ancestor himself, with black hair and all the rest painted in white, which is the color of mourning. Old patina as signs of being a cover.