Ngoin mask
Although we catalogue this Ngoin mask as a bamún mask because it is the ethnic group in which it is most represented,…
MFC-7
Masks
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Family Mask
Family masks are not intended for dance or participation in religious, funeral or playful ceremonies. They serve as mediation between the…
MFAZ-89
Monkey Mask
KoréIt is the spirit of the waters. Its brotherhood pursues two objectives: 1.- Return to the human being its original harmony overshadowed…
MFZ-47
Antilope Helmet Wan Wid Pelego
Mask helmet with red and black polychrome. This strange and imaginary antelope represents undoubtedly the antelope horse or hypothragus, very…
MFZ-48
Numbe-Tonkongba mask
Great affinities and similarities with the Baga and the Nalu They live on the Boké Plateau, in the Kakandé, where they would…
MFG-81
Lighthouse Altar
This statue represents Faro, genius of the waters, that has allowed and favors the fishing of the BozoLighthouse can occur in the…
MSOAL-12
Idiok mask
Many of the masks idiok of society Ekpo are masks of disease, of the spirits responsible for sickness or deformation and represent,…
MFANT-191
Idiok mask
In the villageIbibio as in theAnang there is a secret society Ekpo who is responsible for the cult of ancestors and who…
MFANT-192
Facial mask Idiok
In the village Ibibio as in theAnang there is a secret society Ekpo who is responsible for the cult of ancestors and…
MFANT-193
Ekpo Mask of Justice
The Ibibio do not have a centralized government, their heads are chosen from among the elders of the most notable families. They…
MFC-8
Enthronement Mask
These masks intervene for the enthronement of the chiefs and assert the rank of women in a society in which the power…
MFANT-194
Go Ge Male Mask
The mask, according to its function, playful, legal, social, will take various forms, but it will always be a genius or a…
MFANT-195
Griot Mask Kpepogla
Mask of griot who can go sing to all the clans. Accompany the griot when travelling. Notify the adversary if any complaints…
MFAZ-91
Ngil mask
They belong to the society of the same name. They are white and elongated, with a more or less elongated heart-shaped face.…
MFC-10
Mask Judge Zadogue
When conflicts arise between members of masked societies, this conflict will be settled by another mask, which has under its jurisdiction all…
MFC-11
Okuyi mask
The Galoa they are established south of Lambarené, on the banks of the Ogoué River. Their masks called Okuyi or Okukwé, the…
MFAZ-92
Egungun mask
Society ingun is especially linked to the cult of ancestors. In ceremonies in honor of the notables, the chiefs and founders of…
MFANT-197
Epa Panther Mask
The courage and heroic deeds are symbolized in man by the leopard, hence the numerous ethnic groups that have secret male leopard…
MFAZ-93
Mblo Female Portrait Mask
The portrait masks receive this name because they are supposed to be the “double” of the person whose face is depicted. These…
MFANT-198
Mascara Male Portrait Mblo
The portrait masks receive this name because they are supposed to be the “double” of the person whose face is depicted. These…
MFANT-199
Del Do Mask
The masks of the Ligbi and of Senufo have great similarities and often cause confusion. Most masks in both groups retain the…
MFAZ-94
Mask Passport
The Grebo They have three types of masks, those of hunter formed by a solid face overmounted by two horns of the…
MPS-31
Debloahigla Identity Mask
The masks Kran of Liberia are the Gueré masks of Ivory Coast. The main role of the Debloahigla mask is to go…
MPS-32
Facial Mask
Tikar mask, stylized and pointed chin. Eyes torn under arched eyebrows and elongated and straight nose. Triangular ears and mouth with the…
MFANT-200
