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Kwele Eluk Bata Mask for Beete Ceremonies, Gabon #142 Naga Vintage Ceremonial Apron Masterpieces from Central Africa: TheKwele Eluk Bata Mask for Beete Ceremonies, Gabon #142 Known as "Ekuk" or "Things of the Forest" this genre of Mask act as Intermediaries between the Forest and the Village. Additionally, the gentle curving horns of the "Bata" mask are understood to be a metaphor for the Cosmic Unification of those two Realms. Though their dance is characterized as Human, "Ekuk" have fantastical attributes: trunks, beaks, or horns. Often painted white, a color the