We had a tour of Midwest Art Conservation Center. To learn more about them, here is a link to their website:

MACC website

Here is a link to a database of articles about conservation, if you are interested:

CoOL website (database of JAIC)

Kris Berggren wanted to share a video link of a documentary that gives good context to the Bwa Mask:

Coming of Age in West Africa

For a quick video of the plank masks in use, here is another link:

Bwa plan mask performed