
Facial Landai Mask
The Toma Sierra Leone, Guinea Conakry, Liberia and western Ivory Coast are in place.
MFANT-73
Text of the original catalogue
The Toma Sierra Leone, Guinea Conakry, Liberia and western Ivory Coast are in place. Poro is the most important society and is responsible for the initiation of young people, which takes place in the sacred forest. And it is this mask that welcomes young people to adult society. All of its masks have the same features, flat face under a flimsy forehead, with remarkable relief, which clearly marks the separation between face and forehead. Straight nose and lack of mouth. Eyes, sometimes open or sometimes are only two stripes.
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The Toma Sierra Leone, Guinea Conakry, Liberia and western Ivory Coast are in place.
MFANT-73

They have all the same features. Flat face under a embossed front.
MFAZ-95

Curious mask Toma It's meant to honor gemelity. The mask features a woman's torso in which nutritional breasts stand out.
MFANT-208