Mask
Item number Eh4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Eh4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Mask depicting Golu Sanniya (representing dumbness) with a black painted face, white lines on the brow indicating furrows, raised eyebrows decorated with white dots. Large bulbous eyes are outlined in red with crescent-shaped slits beneath each. The nose has a bump near the top of the ridge and flaring nostrils. The mask also has an open mouth with downturned corners and large red lips drawn back to expose top and bottom teeth. A typewritten label on the reverse reads, "GOLU SANNI: Dumb" and has the number 27 written on the label in pencil. "46" has also been written on the back of the mask in red pencil, and crossed out with blue pencil with "27" added below it in blue pencil. Small holes on either side at eye level have a plant fibre cord threaded through.
Mask of Golu, characterizing dumbness, is one of the eighteen demons or apparitions of Maha-kola-sanni appearing in the Sanni rituals of exorcism, which, under the direction of a healer, seek to placate and exorcise demons causing illness.
exorcism
A black face is commonly associated with demons.
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exorcism
Mask of Golu, characterizing dumbness, is one of the eighteen demons or apparitions of Maha-kola-sanni appearing in the Sanni rituals of exorcism, which, under the direction of a healer, seek to placate and exorcise demons causing illness.
A black face is commonly associated with demons.
Mask depicting Golu Sanniya (representing dumbness) with a black painted face, white lines on the brow indicating furrows, raised eyebrows decorated with white dots. Large bulbous eyes are outlined in red with crescent-shaped slits beneath each. The nose has a bump near the top of the ridge and flaring nostrils. The mask also has an open mouth with downturned corners and large red lips drawn back to expose top and bottom teeth. A typewritten label on the reverse reads, "GOLU SANNI: Dumb" and has the number 27 written on the label in pencil. "46" has also been written on the back of the mask in red pencil, and crossed out with blue pencil with "27" added below it in blue pencil. Small holes on either side at eye level have a plant fibre cord threaded through.
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