A West African Mask on a Blue Background

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This mask is from the Lobi-Mossi people, consisting of various tribes, who live across Burkina Faso, the Ivory coast and Ghana.  

This is a Bobo mask, whose people live in the eastern Burkina Faso region. It is covered in a decorative geometric pattern and is worn during important communal ceremonies. These masks are set under horns, or as here, a huge crest symbolizing a bush animal. 

The blue and orange colour palette I used is quite similar to the palette of the original mask.

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This mask is from the Lobi-Mossi people, consisting of various tribes, who live across Burkina Faso, the Ivory coast and Ghana.  

This is a Bobo mask, whose people live in the eastern Burkina Faso region. It is covered in a decorative geometric pattern and is worn during important communal ceremonies. These masks are set under horns, or as here, a huge crest symbolizing a bush animal. 

The blue and orange colour palette I used is quite similar to the palette of the original mask.