Female bush spirit mask "taba" or antelope mask "kou"

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Description

wood, painted in black and red, kaolin, the face built of geometrical forms, coated with flat deepened linear patterns accentuated by changing colours, crowned by massive bow-shaped horns, connected by a carved reptile, rep. (reptile), fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
such masks are used at funeral ceremonies for honouring the deceased and permitting his spirit to begin the long journey to the spirit world.

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Littérature comparée

Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 156

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