Ioniaken mask -Toussian, Burkina Faso, c. 1970

The Toussian mask is a mask that regulates community life. It has multiple uses: it blesses the seeds of cereals for sowing, and if the harvest is abundant, a white chicken is offered to it before consumption. It is also used every time an old person dies, and is used as a ritual for their repose. It eliminates evil, brings health and trains young people to be adults. It orders the presence of animals such as the goat and the use of the local drink "Ko Ko Kou" in funeral rites. Height: 96 cm Reproduced: Catalogue “Africa Babel: the Art of a Continent”, p.- 210
 
Exhibitions:
2022-2024 Island of Fuerteventura “Art Africa: Ancestral Light”. Lighthouse of the Entallada. Cabildo of Fuerteventura.
2021-2022 Panama City. Government of Panama. “Art Africa: the spirit of the ancestors”. Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Casco Viejo.
2019-2020 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent”. Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo.
2013-2015 Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (Madao). La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia.
2005 “Black Africa”, Leather Museum.
2004 “Black Africa”. Caixa Laietana Foundation, Barcelona. Main exhibition hall