african mask Tribal Face Mask Wood Hand Carved Vintage Wall guro mask handmade -3539

37/19 CM
while the women masks cultivate cassava. Social recognition and authority had to be earned individually masks: the chief owed his selection to his heart (mutima masks), good masks character, intelligence, and impeccable behavior. During ritual ceremonies, Idumu masks, collectively owned, were presented to initiates placed on a fence and surrounded by individual masksof smaller size. This masksis used during the initiation rites of the Bwami society. This society is open to both men and women. The passage of a rank indicated the acquisition of a certain wisdom and individual morality