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| Burkina Faso and Mali Africa |
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Mother and Child/ Ancient Mother
Sculpture
Wood
Senufo
Burkina Faso & Mali |
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Kpelie
Mask
Brass, Cloth, Raffia
Senufo
Burkina & Mali |
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Kpelie
Mask
Wood
Senufo
Burkina & Mali |
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Kponyugu
Mask
Wood, pigment, fiber
Senufo
Burkina & Mali |
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Kponyugu
Mask
Wood
Senufo
Burkina Faso & Mali |
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Sande Society Sowei Masks and Initiate
Masquerade
Wood, oil, pigment, fiber
Mende
Sierra Leone & Liberia |
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Sande Society Sowei Mask and Sande Member
Masquerade
Wood, oil, fiber
Mende
Sierra Leone & Liberia |
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Sande Society Sowei Mask
Mask
Wood, Oil
Mende
Sierra Leone & Liberia |
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Sande Society Sowei Mask
Masquerade
Wood, oil, fiber
Mende
Sierra Leone & Liberia |
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| Matrilineal society, Female power |
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| Men + Females=work together |
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| More obvious/overt in their work |
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| Makes masks, Elaborate visual display, Used for initiations & funerals |
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| Solve personal problems, Individual consultations |
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| Men gain wisdom, authority, power, history, religious, social discipline, Civilize men |
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| Reminds initiates of human imperfections, Portray Females but danced by men, Combine human and animal features, Legs connect spirit with earth |
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| Fire spitters, Only initiated men, Some contain real animal parts, Battle evil, Chaos before world was in order |
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| Women, Teaches responsibility, best woman, respect elders, Leaders arrange marriages |
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| Wild, out of control, uncivilized --> good, moral, civilized, Emerge from water to cleanse/refresh themselves |
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| Why do Sande initiates look at mirrors? |
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| To admire their own beauty |
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| Why do Sande elders scold and tease the initiates? |
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| Rid them of their egos, Keep them in check |
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