5 OLD MASKS *** SAID PASSPORT *** FROM CAMEROON



Cameroonian Passport – Reduced Terracotta Mask

A Passport is a small mask, made of wood or terracotta.

Very pretty and decorative due to its colors, formats and natural pigments.

These masks were used by the populations of Central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo) before the arrival of Europeans on the African continent.

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In the past, when a man crossed a border crossing, he left his mask as a token.

He picked it up when he returned.

Passport masks designated, by the shape of the face, the scarifications and/or the headdress, the ethnic group to which its owner belonged.

In addition, the mask was 'dressed', by the witch doctor, with the identity of its possessor. So there was no question of abandoning it.

When the traveler was absent from his village, remaining in the territory of his ethnic group, the mask remained in the village, and, through the witch doctor's ritual, if there was a ritual festival, the soul of the traveler was present through the mask...

These 5 passport masks are in very good condition, they are authentic...

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