Buffalo Mask - Bwa People - Burkina Faso -SOLD

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Among the Bwa of Burkina Faso, masks represent a number of characters, based on myths - animals including the antelope, buffalo, monkey, bush-pig, crocodile, butterfly & the hawk. Other masks represents bush spirits that take supernatural forms. The masks are linked to all important events in Bwa village life. Wooden masks reintegrate man into village society following the harvest, when farmers must return to village society and conform to rules for correct social behavior. The masks serve as agents for social control in these villages and are very family oriented.

24"H x 13"W x 9"D