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The narrow eye slits enabled the wearer to see while dancing as the mask was held by gripping a woven cord between the teeth.\u003cbr\u003eThe designs on Nzambici’s mask symbolize her function as the earth goddess, depicting mountains, trees and the sea in luminous gems. Her gown is an actual mountain and her body is the sky. Her hair symbolizes the moon which is one of her aspects.\u003cbr\u003eThe Bakongo had a notion of creation resulting from a celestial Big Bang (where have you heard that before?) sparked by Nzambi. In addition to creation and the sky, Nzambi was also the god of fire and change, so, in combining all these aspects, I designed him as a star-like figure going into supernova. His mask is also symbolic of his role as the sun god.\u003cbr\u003eThe cosmological symbol in the bottom left of the design is a “dikenga.” The Bakongo had a philosophy governing the planes of existence symbolized by the dikenga. It depicts the relationship between the physical world, the spiritual world, the celestial energy line that runs between the two worlds, the sacred river that forms a circle around the two worlds, the four moments of the sun, and the four elements. This is not unlike cosmological beliefs held by the Norse people, various Asian cultures and South American people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisclaimer: This hoodie runs small. 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