22 October 2012

Toma Masks from West Africa


New to the website are the Toma Masks from Guinea.

These are smaller masks used in young men's confirmation ceremonies. They typically have a heavy brow-line, a large, plain rounded jaw, and curved horns.

Unusually, this mask retains it's original dressing of leather, vegetable fibre and bundle of sticks.



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