BWA STYLE PLANK MASKS, Burkina Faso

Despite their appearance, these masks show little evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold.



 BWA STYLE
Plank Mask 18
59" high
SOLD

 BWA STYLE
Plank Mask 20
47" high
SOLD


Photographs © Hamill Gallery

BWA STYLE PLANK MASKS, Burkina Faso

Masks like 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.

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