Batcham mask
Large mask belonging to the secret society Msop who intervenes during the king’s enthronement ceremony (Fo) This great mask Tsesah or Tsemabu…
MFG-1
Large masks
← All objects83 objects · page 1 of 4
Kanaga Mask
The mask called Kanaga has its face and forehead carved into windbreaks.
MFG-2
Kanaga Mask
The mask called Kanaga has its face and forehead carved into windbreaks.
MFG-3
Kanaga Mask
The mask called Kanaga has its face and forehead carved into windbreaks.
MFG-4
Alusi altar mask Igbo-Ukwu
Civilization Igbo-Ukwu is developed in eastern Nigeria, mainly during the centuries IX and X.
MFG-5
Antelope–giraffe mask
This mask of hypothragous antelope, stylized, with giraffe neck, comes from the region of Arbinda, Burkina Faso.
MFG-6
Antelope–giraffe mask
This mask of hypothragous antelope, stylized, with giraffe neck, comes from the region of Arbinda, Burkina Faso.
MFG-7
Ntomo Mask
Large wooden mask, dedicated to the festivities of the N’Tomo related to male youth initiation.
MFG-8
Mask Helmet Korobla
It belongs to the group of masks Wabelé. It is a buffalo mask.
MFG-45
Satimbe mask
On a rectangular head, similar to that of the mask Kanaga, stands the elevated silhouette of a woman with arms raised, folded…
MFG-9
Sirige Floor Mask
It's one of the big dogon masks, known as the "story house." The facial part of this mask resembles that of the…
MFG-10
Butterfly Mask
MASSARA MARIPOSA BWA (BURKINA FASO) They are usually large masks, light wood and colorful polychrome on a white background, which are manifested…
MFG-44
Guglongue Peace Mask
Mask of war.
MFG-11
Kholula mask
Kholula masks are the masks of the initiates.
MFG-12
Facial Mask
The Bambara treat their masks as if they were people.
MFG-14
Facial Mask Kru
Nose elongated between six pairs of tubular eyes. They are the incarnation of an ancestor.
MFANT-52
Kholula mask
They are the masks of the initiates.
MFG-16
Mask Knight Obatala
Personifies Obatala, an ancestor of the Yoruba Deified who also receives the name “Jagunjagun”.
MFG-18
Kholula Circumcision Mask
They are the masks of the initiates.
MFG-19
N’tomo Starter Mask
More cover by the \"bilakoro\", boys who have not yet received circumcision and who belong to the youth branch of the society…
MFG-20
Anthropozoomorphic maternity
Great female mask depicting a maternity on a horse head.
MFG-43
Head Mask
The Bidjogo always present in their masks an animal or a fish.
MFG-21
Ti Wara
Masked top Bambara Ti Wara depicting a female antelope, hypothragus, wearing a kneeling female figure on her head, double symbol of fertility.
MFG-22
Ti Wara
Ti Wara female carrying her child on the basis of her horns, represented simply by a small horn with ears.
MFG-23
