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Friend-date @ the art museum 💗 This time, we chose to yammer and sketch in the African art collection, where I was enamored with a 7ft tall serpent mask from the Bwa culture (Burkina Faso and Mali) 🐍

"Serpent masks made by the Bwa are among the most dramatic in all of Africa. Wearing and manipulating the tall mask requires great strength and stamina. To do so, the dancer puts the tall, heavy mask over his head and grips a wooden rod inside the mask to hold it in place as he puts it in motion. Sometimes a performer will twist his head rapidly from side to side, making the mask writhe like a snake. His movements and the mask’s sinuous curves bring the mask to life.

The Bwa regard the wilderness as a realm of both dangerous and life-giving forces. Through masks, they re-create mythical encounters between ancestors and wilderness spirits. The serpent mask celebrates a story in which a python saved a villager’s life by hiding him from raiding warriors in his den. A diviner later instructed the man to create the tall serpent mask in celebration of family and ancestry."

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Mask, 19th century Grebo culture (Liberia)
Various African masks made of metal, wood, and animal fibers
Ga Wree-Wre Mask, 19th-20th Century Dan culture (Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire) The dramatic visual impact of African masks is evident in this solemn-looking judgment mask, known as Ga Wree-Wre. It walks about and sits, but does not dance. An interpreter who understands the mask’s strange, animal-like “language” accompanies it, communicating its messages to the assembled public. Elements of the Ga Wree-Wre contrast the wilderness, symbolized by the brass leopard’s teeth and the raffia skirt, with the village, suggested by the human features, the headdress, and the woven cape.
Mask, 19th-20th Century Wee culture When trouble disrupts the flow of village life, the Wee employ large, horrific masks to help banish the evil spirits that are causing the trouble. The gaping mouth, menacing teeth, spiky beard, and multiple eyes of this example contribute to its ghoulish appearance.
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