Wood+Carvings



This is a page on Mali's wood carvings.

Wood sculpters were very exagerated especiall in the bottom, head and belly button (navel). Masks were carved and used as disguises to impersonate spirits or ancestors. The most known mask is the antelope mask called chiwira, another well known mask is the elaborate Dogon (type of tribe) mask. When a person dies it is belived that the spirite will go and live in the mask and that is the most important funeral rite. The Dogon people also made carved wooden doors, locks and house posts for mud buildings.



These are two wood carvings. citation: http://www.namibweb.com/bambara.JPG

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