Indigenous Masks

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Mask of the We culture,Côte d'Ivoire. Artist unknown; 20th century. Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Phot

Gold mask of the Akan people, Côte d'Ivoire.  Artist unknown; ca. 1890-1910.  Now in theMusée du qua

Dean gle mask of the Dan people, Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia.  Artist unknown; late 19th or early 20th

Helmet mask of the Bamum people, Cameroon.  Artist unknown; before 1880.  Now in the Metropolitan Mu

Bolo mask of the Bobo people, Taguna region, Burkina Faso. Artist unknown; late 19th century. Now in

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Mask-headdress in the shape of a ram’s head, of the Mossi people, Burkina Faso.  Artist unknown; 20t

Egungun mask of the Yoruba people, Nigeria.  Artist unknown; 20th century.  Now in theMusée du quai

Maiden spirit mask of the Igbo people, Nigeria.  Artist unknown; early 20th century.  Now in the Bro

Mask combining bird and buffalo features, of the Nuna people, Burkina Faso. Artist unknown; early 20

Mask of the Dan people, Liberia.  Artist unknown; late 19th or early 20th century.  Now in the Brook

Kakuungu mask of the Suku people,Kimbau, South Bandundu, DRC.  Now in the Royal Museum for Central A

Mask from Cameroon.  Now in theStaatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich, Germany.

Mask (banda or kumbaruba) of the Baga or Nalu people, Guinea or Guinea-Bissau.  Artist unknown; mid-

Helmet mask (agbogho mwo) of the Igbo people, southeast Nigeria.  Now in theMusée des Confluences, L

Gon mask evoking a gorilla, of the Kwele people, Republic of the Congo or Gabon.  Artist unknown; ea

Four-faced helmet mask of the Fang people, Gabon.  Photo credit: Ann Porteus/Wikimedia Commons.

Face mask of the Kifwebe society, Songye or Luba peoples, present-day Democratic Republic of the Con

Face mask of the Galwa or Mpongwe people, Gabon.  Artist unknown; 20th century.  Now in the De Young

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