BWA PLANK MASK 15, Burkina Faso

Photographs © Tim Hamill

BWA
Plank Mask 15
54.5"h. x 9"w. x 7"d.
$400
SOLD 

These tall headdresses transformed the dancer into a supernatural being. They were 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.

In spite of its appearance, we believe this mask was carved for the collecting market.

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