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SENUFOWABELE HELMET MASK FROM IVORY COAST

A common variation on the animal-mask theme is the composition of several distinct animal traits in a single mask, sometimes along with human traits. Merging distinct animal traits together is sometimes a means to represent unusual, exceptional virtue or high status. The Poro secret societies of the Senufo people of the Ivory Coast, use Wabele masks to celebrate the exceptional power of the society: antelope horns, crocodile teeth, and warthog fangs.