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Je Funeral Mask
Material: Wood, Pigment.
Size: 20"
Age: Mid 20th Century
Condition: Good except for small crack/break on back (not visible from front).
The Je mask of the Yaure is a mask worn to restore social equilibrium to the community and accompany the deceased into the ancestral realm. Women may not participate in funeral ceremonies, neither may they look at the masks for fear that this encounter with death might jeapardize their fecundity. | 
