Mask Passport
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks. Except for the Dogon who have built some iron…
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Masks
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Kpelié mask
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks. Except for the Dogon who have built some iron…
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Kpelié mask
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks. Except for the Dogon who have built some iron…
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Kpelie de Altar mask
Small Kpelié mask of altar with a feminine character on top, that by his navel well marked and umbilical scarificationsw can not…
MSOAL-11
Mask of the Koré
Animism among the Bambara is characterized by its secret societies of “N’Tomo” and “Koré”. “N’Tomo” is the masculine spirit that protects…
MFAZ-81
Small Bronze Mask
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks. Except for the Dogon who have built some iron…
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Hanging Mask
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks. Except for the Dogon who have built some iron…
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Hanging Mask
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks. Except for the Dogon who have built some iron…
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Hanging Mask
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks. Except for the Dogon who have built some iron…
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Hanging Mask
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks. Except for the Dogon who have built some iron…
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Nwantantay Mask
Used in celebrations at funerals of important people and in agricultural festivities and also in initiation rites, as well as most of…
MFG-70
Owl Mask
There is a great confusion between the hawk mask and the owl mask, they are very similar in shape as by their…
MFG-71
Mblo Face Mask
The face is oval, with a straight face and nose separating the ciliary arches, scarifications of two short lines on the cheeks…
MFANT-175
Mask Kidumu O Lekoka
The masks of this group are round and flattened. They are linked to the creation of the world and have a cosmogonic…
MFC-3
Owl Mask
Vertical owl mask, presents the open mouth in the form of a rhombus or square supported on a vertex. They are usually…
MFG-72
Newenka Mask
The Neweka mask is a mask belonging to the blacksmith caste and used mainly in mourning uprisings and Sibe rites. This ceremony…
MFG-73
Antilope-Jiraffe Adone mask
Adonié is the name of the antelope mask of the Kurumba. The Kurumba are located in the north of the country Boboin…
MFG-74
Karim Shoulder Mask
Mask formed by a head on a kind of inverted “U” wood that serves as a base and would constitute the trunk…
MHB-4
Idiok mask
In the village Ibibio Just as in Anang there is the secret society Ekpo which is responsible for the cult of ancestors…
MFANT-176
De Griot Mask
Hanging mask representing a griot. Musician, rapsoda, singer, narrator, panegirist, historian, genealogist, fabulist and literate the griot is…
BRN-95
Protest mask Yanyaleleya
It is a Yanyaleleya mask whose front comes out two long peaks, representing the calao and descending to the chin. It is…
BR-29
Men’s Bronze Mask
It is a male mask of remarkable bamileké. They are portrait masks intended to be hung in the homes in which they…
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Women’s Bronze Mask
Mask female portrait intended to be hung in the home and in which it makes trade of protective mask. It's a brass…
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Bronze Mask
Protective mask of the homes where it is hung. This mask, forming a pair with another similar one, was acquired in Abidjan…
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