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African Sculpture: Carving a Crocodile Mask, Shaping a Mask of Leaves

A Bwa sculptor carves a crocodile mask of wood, and a group of Bwa men shape a mask of leaves to represent Do, the God of the wilderness. The process of carving from sacrificing a chicken and cutting the tree, blocking out proportions, carving details, transfering power to the new mask, to performance. Shaping a mask of leaves in the wilderness to represent Do, the God of springtime. The mask is created, performs, and is destroyed.