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A black plastic child's doll has been added to the horns to create a karan wemba, to honor a female ancestor. In the southwest masks represent animals such as antelope, bush buffalo, and various strange creatures, are painted red, white and black. In the east, around Boulsa, masks have tall posts above the face to which fiber is attached.
The Bwa masks are usually black and white; additional colors are subject to individual carvers and their styles. Animal depictions are a common attribute of the works. Plank Masks are the most known style of masks for this society. they are vertically shaped and attached to a disk-like base.
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek βουκέφαλος bouképhalos, ' bullheaded ', from boûs ' bull ', and kephalḗ, ' head ', a reference to the oddly bulbous head shape of the species. The species name albeola is a diminutive of Latin albus meaning ' white '. [6]
Skull of an African buffalo. The African buffalo is a very robust species. Its shoulder height can range from 1.0 to 1.7 m (3.3 to 5.6 ft) and its head-and-body length can range from 1.7 to 3.4 m (5.6 to 11.2 ft).
English: The Banteng's head, the symbol of fourth principle of Pancasila: Democracy guided by the inner wisdom in the unanimity arising out of deliberations amongst representatives. Pancasila is Indonesian ideology.
Roger Cain (United Keetoowah Band mask-maker) showing a gourd booger mask (left) and a buffalo mask (right) The booger dance (Cherokee: tsu'nigadu'li, ᏭᏂᎦᏚᎵ 'many persons' faces covered over' [1]) is a traditional dance of the Cherokee tribe, performed with ritual masks. It is performed at night-time around a campfire, usually in late ...
The white-faced masks are also used by other Gabon and Zaire rainforest people, such as the Kotas and Mpongwe, [13] The Ashira also share in the white-faced mask tradition, which includes soft facial characteristics. [14] The masks have been linked to the Mukui society and to female ancestor celebration dances, [7] a funerary spirit association ...
The black-faced hawk is a medium-sized hawk with black and white plumage. It has a white underbelly, a large white head streaked with some black and a characteristic black "mask". [2] Below the black mask, it has a dark orange cere and a black tipped bill. [2] The back of the hawk is dark all the way down to the tail with some mottling. However ...