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Description: | This is an initiation mask, likely to be a komo (komo kun is the head of the komo mask). It resembles the hyena and is like a police mask. It instils great fear. On the occasion that it is brought out in public, non-initiates and women have to hide from it. They are warned of it’s ‘outing’ by local boys and men who ring bells to announce it. The multiple roles of the komo mask roles are to ensure the laws of society, to protect initiates (particularly new ones) against illnesses or evil spirits. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | Bamana wood masks (dance & live theatre) | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-4703 |
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