Art-africain.fr Mask

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Very beautiful walu antelope mask with remnants of brown, red, blue polychromy in the form of triangles. The rectangular mask is crossed by two vertical eye pits. It is topped by two distinctly based horns. Slight erosion. The wearer of the mask holds a stick with which he pretends to dig the soil to plant seeds. The belief is about men who wanted to capture an antelope that killed goats and sheep with horns. They set a trap for him, trying to lure him with a hole in which a goat was, but the animal, after falling, escaped. The men killed the walu with a rifle, but some died. A mask carved with the effigy of the antelope was cut to ward off fate.

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• Country : FRANCE