A squatting attitude is frequent when one wants to represent ancestors. The species that are selected are varied. One may use hard ones like mahogany or softer ones. Those colours are prepared with kaolin, coal and clay. Statues, hed-gears, masks, awalles, beside their cultural origin have a real esthetic value and may be suited to antique or modern furniture.
Masks are mostly dance accessories.
They are fully significant in as much as they form the different parts of a harmonious group perfectly integrated to the movement of the person wearing and must not be seen as isolated or static works of art.