MAKONDE STYLE BODY MASKS ARCHIVES, Tanzania

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MAKONDE 6 SOLD	MAKONDE 7 SOLD	MAKONDE 14 SOLD	YORUBA 1 SOLD	YORUBA 2 SOLD

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Male Makonde dancers, taking the role of a woman in a ceremonial ritual would, in addition to a helmet mask, wear a female body mask. Carved thin, painted, tied onto the torso and combined with a mimicry of female movements the bodymasks created an effective illusion.

Like the Makonde, male Yoruba dancers, taking the role of a woman in a ceremonial ritual would sometimes, in addition to a mask or headdress, wear a female body mask. Carved thin, painted, tied onto the torso and combined with a mimicry of female movements the bodymasks created an effective illusion.