Women With A Mask

The mask woman I chose was a young head dress designer and a mask made by hat maker Nasir Mazhar. This picture was taken in the report "Let me be a monster". For this purpose, some top designers are required to make masks from scrap. The picture is made of the female foreground and the mask is made of white gauze. The mask she wore covered the whole face, you can only see the female blue eyes. The hair is also covered and white gauze is stitched together, so its shape is alluding to it.

Background: African-American, worn on the head, people are raffia, women wearing a mask, wearing men, wearing men, clay smear specimens = not attractive (not yet female) ); After starting, girls marry and give birth Masks teach the history behind maternity, cooking, marriage and spiritual tradition through dance; no raffia and rituals = masks get out of the meaning (Mende Preserve in an elder female house and hang up) whole-body clothes, the king can be an elephant, leopard can be human; people related to court officials, warriors, kings wear Express the power / stability and hierarchical order of the king, optical, dynamic, beads are different Everyone = individual identity

The mask woman I chose was a young head dress designer and a mask made by hat maker Nasir Mazhar. This picture was taken in the report "Let me be a monster". For this purpose, several top designers were asked to make masks from scrap. The picture is made of the female foreground and the mask is made of white gauze. The mask she wore covered the whole face, you can only see the female blue eyes. -

African masks are used for ceremonies Normally, masks are worn by dancers and participants in the process, not by bystanders. Some masks are worn by men and some are worn by women. Some forms are worn by men and women. Often masks often represent spirits and creatures that are important for the use of masks. Wearers of masks are generally considered to be able to communicate with symbolic persons or people represented by masks. For African culture, the mask is not a toy or decorative item. They may play an important role in ceremonies and rituals to ensure the harvest of bumpers, to meet the needs of tribes during peace and war, or to convey spiritual beings during enlightenment and burial Hmm. Some masks represent the spirit of the late ancestors. Symbolism of totems and other creatures important to families and groups.