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BUSH SPIRIT
A MASK FOR WILD LIFE
(MOYA WAKO SEKWENG is a Tswana phrase for the Spirit of the Bush).
This mask has three features of interest. An open mouth often represents aggression - this addresses the untamed, sometimes violent ways of the Wild. The treatment of the eyes closely resembles the work on a Bush Spirit mask from Loma (Liberia).
One of the few fairly common devices on masks in Africa is the incorporation of small carved antelope horns to hold magic or medicines.
They also represents spiritual power Baule (Cτte d' Ivoire). Hence the small horns on our mask.
