“Chef du village - Newspaper” - Togo Traditional Mask

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Ended:June 5th 2020, 11:00am EDT

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The Prize

Handcrafted traditional Togo mask created with the papier-mâché technique used by the masters of the Venice Carnival.

Dimensions: 38cm height, 21cm maximum width
Weight: 200 g
Colors: newspaper with black details
Unique piece

The “Chef du village - Newspaper” mask can be worn but also used as a decoration to hang or display on a flat surface.

The name is “Chef du village - Newspaper” (Head of the village - newspaper) because the design of a mask for a village head is left stripped of colors, except for the black which highlights the nose, lips, eyes and essential expressive lines.

The mask was created through a meticulous technique:

Clay sculpture
Clay mold (plaster casting)
Clay extraction and mold finishing
Laying of paper and gauze
Post production (gluing, cutting of eyeholes, coloring)

The materials used are: glass mastic, alabaster plaster, newspaper, vaseline (to maintain the mold), vinyl glue, sandpaper, brushes, cans of acrylic color, beeswax.

Centocani Branco Teatrale is an artistic and cultural association that brings theater to places where it doesn't exist. Our artistic offering is based on the traditions of popular theater and on social and community theater. We organize workshops and tutorials aimed at promoting theatrical art across the world. The theatrical craft of mask making is one of many expressive techniques, coordinated by artistic director Davide Falbo.

www.centocani.com/it

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The Cause

Amref Health Africa is the largest African health organization that promotes health projects in the most isolated areas of the continent.

To improve the health of Africa it is essential to protect mothers and children, fight endemic diseases and pandemics, provide access to clean water, train health workers and strengthen public health services.

This is the work that we have been carrying out for over 60 years and that we must continue today - now more than ever. We have been committed to supporting Africa through the Covid-19 emergency from the beginning, in an attempt to prevent the epidemic from spreading with devastating consequences.

The fragile African health systems are unable to cope with the crisis where, for example, in South Sudan there are no intensive care beds. In addition, over the coming months the economic effects of the lockdown will be felt by hundreds of thousands of people who will fall into a state of poverty. As a result illness will also increase, particularly conditions related to malnutrition.

Amref Health Africa is at the forefront to help flatten the curve in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia, by training frontline health workers and strengthening testing and tracing processes. Amref is committed to ensuring that healthcare professionals can work more effectively and safely and that all communities, including the most remote and most difficult to reach, are supported, informed and cared for. We won't leave anyone behind.

Website

amref.it

Item #P37803

In condition as donated.

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