YORUBA, BODY MASK 6, Nigeria

 

Photographs © Tim Hamill

YORUBA, BODY MASK 6, 20.25", $500, SOLD

Like the Makonde, male Yoruba 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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