Facial Mask

Some masks of the Kran similar to those of their relatives GueréMany of them in their origin were war masks intended to cause dread on the enemy and also hunter. They are protective masks that are used to fight the spells of sorcerers and sorcerers. They also exercise as masks of justice to resolve conflicts that arise in the community. On both sides of the head they usually carry ledges, parallel to each other, which look like earmuffs. In this case they have two horns bordering the cheeks and on the head the ears border the top. The face is retracted with respect to the forehead that presents a band that remembers the Toma. Straight nose on a mustache formed by a sheath of entwined feathers. Red eyes in the form of somewhat pointed coffee beans, another small hatchet of small sharp sticks on its tips, under which two ball-shaped sacks containing, without a doubt, magical protective substances hang. It is likely that the two hatchles also have a protective function, in the way of grey-grey (amulets). The mask, with a tiny mouth, has an expression of sweetness and serenity, which confirms its protective function. On the forehead, in a higher plane appears a small face mask, with a white face representing a mask of the deceased, that of the ancestor interceding through the mask. These masks are currently also involved in funeral rites. Old sacrificial patina.

Many of his masks come from the area of Duekué.