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Mask, Tabwa Culture (mixed media)

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MNS1109302
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Mask, Tabwa Culture (mixed media)
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African, (20th century) / African
Location
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA
Medium
mixed media
Dimensions
40.6x30.5x8.9 cms
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In the past, diviners among the Tabwa were possessed by spirits, which enabled them to seek explanations and cures for illness and other misfortunes. This process of enlightenment was called “the rising of the moon,” an expression referring to the dawning of light and hope after a period of darkness. The Tabwa graphically rendered this concept as a succession of dark and light interlocking triangles, a prominent motif in their art and also visible on this diviner’s mask.

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Photo © Minneapolis Institute of Art / The William Hood Dunwoody Fund / Bridgeman Images
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ceremony / decoration / mask / textile / symbols / dark / african / africa / symbolic / beads / hide / ritual / light / glass / skin / colourful / pattern / feathers / tribal / ethnography / multi-coloured / cloth / masks / culture / textiles / colour / raffia / diviner's / tabwa / 'rising of the moon'

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