This page is a record of an exhibit that took place
in 1994. The individual links below will take you to
the CURRENT VERSION of the pages
that formed part of that exhibit.

Bwa and Bobo Masks
Dec. 4, 1993 - Jan. 31, 1994




BWA, PLANK MASK, Burkina Faso
Photograph © John Urban

This tall headdress transformed the dancer into a supernatural being. It was used by the Do society at dances to promote fertility of the fields and at funerals of Do members. The geometric designs all have meanings. The checkerboard pattern symbolizes the separation of light from dark, good from evil, and female from male.

 

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