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African masks are everywhere, in museums, galleries, even home decor, but what were they actually meant for?

Across the continent, the history, use, and symbolism of masks varies from place to place, by nation, ethnic group, language, and spiritual system. A mask in Sierra Leone doesn’t function in the same way as one in Mali, or Gabon, or Liberia.

And that’s exactly why seeing them fixed behind glass can feel incomplete. Most were created to move, to be activated by music and community. Once you understand their original purpose, they shift from just interesting objects to living evidence of complex spiritual, social, and philosophical systems.