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Description : Additional Information: , A Mossi mask with a small face surmounted by long narrow superstructure decorated with geometric motifs on the back and painted in white. This mask comes from the Mossi and is known as a Karanga mask.  ,The white-painted oval face is divided by a sculpted vertical centerline  ,Such masks were worn at the funerals of elders.  ,Its costume wpould be made out of vegetal ruff. The Mossi are today the largest single group living in Burkina Faso. They originated from horsemen who made their way north from present day Ghana during the 1500's. The Mossi are renowned for their masquerades and the use of large superbly sculpted and brightly painted masks and colorful costumes or , vegetal fibers costumes . Mossi elders are honored with elaborate funerals and the appearance of masked dancers with masks representing ancestors, various spirits, and forces of Nature in dramatic and often vigorous dances. A photograph by Christopher Roy (1977) shows a large Karanga mask leaving the hut of the deceased where it has spent the night, ,For other  ,examples see also Christopher D. Roy, Thomas G.B.Wheelock, LAND OF THE FYLING MASKS, fig. 18, p. 55. Recommended Reading: Christopher D. Roy, Thomas G.B.Wheelock, Land ofthe Flying Masks. ART AND CULTURE IN BURKINA FASO. THE THOMAS G.B. Wheelock COLLECTION, 2007  ,
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