Kpelie Kufolo mask

Not in all regions call Kpelié These masks, some of them. Senufo They call them Kepelique or KodeliéWhatever its name, these masks remind the neophytes of the Pore of the ritual of the cut of the first beard, a practice that is named after KpeliriHis ceremony recalls the imperfection and precariousness caused by the first adultery. These masks may be male or female, but they always come out in pairs. The clothes change accordingly. Sometimes, as in this case, two masks appear gathered together in one, forming a mask with a double face, are the masks Kufolo, which represent the male and female principles, and are masks intended to honor gemelity. Dark patina.