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A Toma Nyangbai mask, Guinea. This mask would have been used in…
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A Toma Nyangbai mask, Guinea. This mask would have been used in Poro society ceremonies. It depicts Nyangbai the wife of Landai, a powerful deity.Three horns feature at the top of the wooden mask. The heavy set brow has vertical carved notches as decoration. There is remnants of what would have been a plant material pigment that as coloured the mask black. Height 16 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 3.7 cm
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