A very important mask.  It's from the border of Mali with Guinea Conakry, western Africa.  It is around 40-45 cm high.  It is a sorcerer's and  healer's mask  and it worn by the shaman-healer when there is a healing ritual or a ritual to cast a demon out of a possessed person etc.  Wooden.
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