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The post below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.
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Photographs © Tim Hamill
TOMA, POSTS, Guinea
These posts relate to the brooding, often quite large, masks of the Toma, representing a forest spirit, Landai. They were used by the men's Poro Society to initiate boys into manhood. Like the masks most of the posts have a flat face, the traditional beaked nose, protruding brow and horns.
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