Toma board masks from Guinea: initiation rituals and spiritual rebirth
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The Toma of Guinea live in high-altitude equatorial forests. They are renowned for their board masks, used for initiation rituals by the PORO association, which structures their society and cultivates the relationship between men and bush spirits. Future initiates were summoned by the appearance of the masks to go to the forest to be initiated and stay there for a month. At the end of the initiation, they underwent a "devouring" ritual before being reborn and allowed to rejoin their community.
Approx. height: 70CM.
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