Tiburon Mask
Bidjogo · Guinea-Bissau
Reference: MFR-1
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- Height
- 28 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Most of its masks have a relationship with the sea, shark, sawfish or hammerfish, often associating two animals such as ray and sawfish. Many of its…
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Full original description
Most of its masks have a relationship with the sea, shark, sawfish or hammerfish, often associating two animals such as ray and sawfish. Many of its masks are frontal or helmet-shaped. They participate in the initiation ceremonies of the different age classes and the dancer who carries them imitates the movements of the animal represented in the mask.
It is a front mask that is worn during the ceremonies of passage between two classes of age. The sea exerts a great influence on this ethnic group as indicated by its masks of sawfish and shark. The movements of the dancer reproduce those of the animal embodied by the mask.
Further technical information
- Width
- 18 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the century XX or older
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Guinea-Bissau. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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