Certain masks are indispensable for decisive activities of the societies, and this applies especially to burial ceremonies. The soul of the deceased can find eternal peace only when specific rituals held in strict seclusion are carried out in the presence of masks as well as with sacred music instruments.

Mask
Bidjogo, Guinea Bissau
First third of the 20th century, acquired from Bernhard Struck and Hugo Bernatzik

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