val ▁face . ▁The ▁face ▁on ▁the ▁lad le ▁dep ict s ▁a ▁specific ▁woman . ▁ ▁Car ved ▁wooden ▁heads ▁on ▁ped est als ▁or ▁staff s ▁Jan us - fac ed ▁heads ▁on ▁a ▁staff ▁are ▁reported ▁to ▁be ▁carried ▁by ▁certain ▁mask ed ▁perform ers . ▁The ▁two ▁faces ▁looking ▁in ▁opposite ▁directions ▁symbol ize ▁the ▁super natural ▁ability ▁of ▁the ▁gle ▁to ▁see ▁in ▁all ▁directions . ▁ ▁Like ▁fe ast ▁lad les , ▁these ▁heads ▁are ▁considered ▁powerful ▁spiritual ▁objects ▁that ▁act ▁as ▁re cept acles ▁for ▁du . ▁Some ▁are ▁created ▁as ▁port ra its ▁of ▁dece ased ▁family ▁members ▁that ▁em body ▁that ▁person ' s ▁spirit . ▁ ▁Br ass ▁Cast ing ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁anti qu ity ▁of ▁br ass ▁casting ▁among ▁the ▁Dan , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁clear ▁that ▁the ▁practice ▁began ▁at ▁least ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁if ▁not ▁much ▁earlier . ▁Some ▁sch ol ars ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁We ▁people ▁to ▁the ▁East ▁may ▁have ▁introduced ▁the ▁practice ▁to ▁the ▁Dan . ▁Br ass ▁casting ▁was ▁a ▁practice ▁of ▁Dan ▁black sm ith s . ▁In ▁Dan ▁communities , ▁the ▁black sm ith ▁was ▁always ▁awarded ▁a ▁high ▁status ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁agricult ural ▁tools ▁and ▁weapons . ▁Br ass - cast ing ▁took ▁place ▁at ▁night ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁object ▁from ▁on look ers . ▁Br ass - c aster s ▁created ▁br ass ▁objects ▁using ▁the ▁c ire -