After being worn, masks such as this would be placed in the forest to decompose naturally and release the spirit of the mask. Is this spirit able to find peace since this mask is being preserved rather than sent back to the earth to decompose?

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After being worn, masks such as this would be placed in the forest to decompose naturally and release the spirit of the mask. Is this spirit able to find peace since this mask is being preserved rather than sent back to the earth to decompose?

Funerary Mask (Tatanua)

Africa & Pacific Islands: Owsley Ethnographic Gallery»

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