MAKONDE STYLE BODY MASKS 2, Tanzania

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Despite their appearance these body masks were probably made to be sold.


 

MAKONDE STYLE 12
25" high
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 MAKONDE STYLE 16
22" high
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Photographs © Hamill Gallery

MAKONDE, BODY MASKS, Tanzania

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.

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