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African Masks

African Masks. Uses. These art objects were, and are still made of various materials, included are leather, metal, fabric and various types of wood. The most common are carved from a single piece of wood.

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African Masks

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  1. African Masks

  2. Uses • These art objects were, and are still made of various materials, included are leather, metal, fabric and various types of wood. The most common are carved from a single piece of wood. • During celebrations, initiations, crop harvesting, war preparation, peace and trouble times, African masks are worn by a chosen or initiated dancer. • It can be worn in three different ways: vertically covering the face: as helmets, encasing the entire head, and as crest, resting upon the head, which was commonly covered by material as part of the disguise.

  3. Meanings • African masks often represent a spirit and it is strongly believed that the spirit of the ancestors possesses the wearer. • Ritual ceremonies generally depict deities, spirits of ancestors, mythological beings, good and or evil, the dead, animal spirits, and other beings believed to have power over humanity. • Rituals and ceremonies are always accompanied with song, dance and music, played with traditional African musical instruments. • Often, dances are meant to tell a story or communicate with spirits. • They can be worn for festivals, funerals, to ward off witches, or even to rid them of drought.

  4. Aesthetics • Masks can have human faces, animal faces, or be a mixture of the two put together. • Sometimes masks will be a mix of animals, making it hard to tell which animal is being represented.

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