How do you think it got its shape?
What do you think this mask was for?
This type of masks were part of a death ritual.
They were shaped with a hammer and placed over the faces of dead people to preserve their image before death transformed them into anonymous skeletons.
Now look for this mask.
It is also connected with death, but what do you think it tells us about death?
Together with the skeletons there appears a fruit tree, a symbol of life.
How does the meaning of the skeletons change when they are placed alongside this motif?
Can the portrayal of death be a celebration of life?
