Carved wood with dark brown and black vegetable pigments with white kaolin in the form of duck’s head, rounded out and recessed at back for face when danced. 20th century.
Carved wood with dark brown vegetable pigment patina with white kaolin in the form of a rounded monkey’s face with minimal features and concave white face, round protruding eyes, elongated nose, diminutive mouth with 4 lines of scarification…
This totem has a male figure standing on the right, and a female figure on the left, with upturned open palms. They are standing on top of a block-like post with carved relief ancestral faces. The totem reminds a couple that cultural and tribal…
This unusual mask of a man’s face is made of carved wood with dark brown vegetable pigment and white koalin. His hair is done as a three-part coiffure. The mask is worn by a person acting as the tribe’s police or to frighten an enemy.
This face mask is made from carved wood with a light and dark brown patina and white kaolin, with six dark brown knobs of hair. The rim is woven from basketry.
This male figure with a rounded belly has rings around his neck, arms, waist and ankles and has an open hole in his back for inserting one-of-a-kind object is hand-made terra cotta with a dark brown vegetable patina and red camwood powder accents.
Goli masquerades are rich with social commentary pertaining to knowledge, gender, aesthetics, and the hierarchies surrounding village life. Communication comes forth through the medium of entertainment with elaborate costuming. Performance takes…
This elephant mask has oval ears and small tusks. It is one of a kind, made of bronze with a rich varied brown patina. When a masker puts on an animal mask, he absorbs something of the animal's power.
A "Gelede" mask honors the power of the female forces in the cosmos, especially elderly women. The mask is worn during dancing, singing and drumming. The festival atmosphere encourages women to use their power to promote the well-being of their…