Reposted from @africanceremonies
DOGON | MALI
โThe Satimbe mask, depicting a large-breasted female with bent arms lashed at the elbows honors the primordial woman. According to legend, she discovered the original masks, which were later taken from her by the men of the village.
Since that time masking has been considered an exclusively male activity. Mimiking the gait of the antelope, a Walu mask leaps about, chasing children away from the path of the maskers. It is trailed by an Adyagai mask, representing a stinging insect with large eyes.