Image: Brooklyn Museum 1995.171.11a-c Kanaga Mask in Three Pieces

Description: Masks may be used at funeral ceremonies to honor and commemorate the dead as they enter the ancestral realm. Dogon dancers perform with kanaga masks at dama ceremonies honoring the dead (see the video at left). Rotating their upper bodies from the hips and swinging the masks in wide circles, the dancers imitate Amma, the creator god, who brought all things to life. Their outstretched movements symbolically spread the force of life throughout the world.
Title: English: Kanaga Mask in Three Pieces
Credit: Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.171.11a-c_SL1.jpg
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