Woyo masks
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Woyo masks are ritual masks made by the Woyo people of Central Africa. The masks are typically larger than a face and worn with a costume made of dried banana leaves or turaco plumage that covers the entire body.[1] The masks, drums, and other aspects of a ritual dance were often called ndunga or bandunga derived from a secret society of men of the same name.[2] The ndunga society enacts sentencing for crimes by channeling the will of their ancestors and supernatural spirits or deities.[1] The people of this area were called Ngoyo by Europeans.[3]