The works in Disguise: Masks and Global African Art are organized around the idea that masquerade is
The works in Disguise: Masks and Global African Art are organized around the idea that masquerade is always an art of becoming.Worn on the heads of male dancers, ci-wara headdresses are danced in pairs, often male and female, to symbolize the fertility of land and animals. Each headdress represents a composite of animals allowing its wearer to become another being, a metaphor for the successful farmer who tirelessly and efficiently tills his fields—with the claws of a pangolin and the speed of an antelope.Posted by Kevin D. Dumouchelle and Meghan BillBamana. Ci-wara Kun Headdress, 20th century. Brooklyn Museum. -- source link
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