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Statue from the island of Nalu. Represents a soothsayer and healer with a great dominion over snakes. It is a sacred statue,…
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Statue from the island of Nalu. Represents a soothsayer and healer with a great dominion over snakes. It is a sacred statue,…
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Bust of woman from the island of Nalu. This statue is a sacred figure or They'll go. which is used as an…
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Back mask representing a hippopotamus. These masks like most bidjgo objects are very difficult to get. This mask is fastened on the…
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The elephant mask could not be missing in a country that has made this animal its national teaching. The elephant is a…
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Mask belonging to a society of hunters. Due to its horrifying appearance these masks were used in his day as masks of…
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The beté masks, in general, have a certain analogy with the guerées. They are characterized by the ferocity and strength of their…
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For Bidjogo everything sacred or anything that can enclose a mysterious energy is called . All peoples worship the Great Spirit of…
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The facial masks are undoubtedly the most used by all African ethnic groups, there are also numerous helmet and helmet masks, less…
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For Bidjogo everything sacred or anything that can enclose a mysterious energy is called . All peoples worship the Great Spirit of…
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The masks that represent animals are in almost all ethnic hunter masks or masks that celebrate the most important agricultural festivities. In…
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One of the best known masks of the Chamba is the famous buffalo mask, is a helmet mask, with flat and elongated…
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Among the numerous masks of the Dogon featured his anthropo-zoomorphic monkey masks. Marcel Griaule, in his Thesis “Masque dogon” describes three…
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The masks that represent animals are in almost all ethnic hunter masks or masks that celebrate the most important agricultural festivities. In…
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For Bidjogo everything sacred or everything that can enclose a mysterious energy is named after Iran. All peoples worship the Great Spirit…
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Small masks also called “San Cristóbal”. They are employed by travellers travelling abroad or outside their region. They are sewn to a…
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Small masks also called “San Cristóbal”. They are employed by travellers travelling abroad or outside their region. They are sewn to a…
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Small masks also called “San Cristóbal”. They are employed by travellers travelling abroad or outside their region. They are sewn to a…
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They are characterized by a bovine head, anthropozoomorphic face with curved horns, long and elegant. Big teeth on an elongated jaw that…
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The facial masks are undoubtedly the most used by all African ethnic groups, there are also numerous helmet and helmet masks, less…
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Altar represented by a high-ranking woman as indicated by her elaborate hairstyle, bracelets and dress, sitting on a lion, which is also…
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Family altar representing a dragon devouring a man. The man is holding on to a pole that is the dragon's body. This…
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The facial masks are undoubtedly the most used by all African ethnic groups, there are also numerous helmet and helmet masks, less…
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Holy figure or Iran that serves as a family altar and represents a soothsayer, priestess Okinka in charge of the sacrifices. A…
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There are several villages that in their masks present the aesthetics of the disformity, of the ugliness, like this mask that represents…
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