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Curated Group
African Masks and Headdresses
Curated by A. Korkor Ebeheakey
19th century - 20th century
Bembe
wood, fiber, metal
19th century - 20th century
Mambila
string, feather, pigment, and wood
19th century - 20th century
Bamileke
fabric, beads and palm fiber
19th century - 20th century
Dan
wood with coiffure made of plant fibers
First half twentieth century
Igala
wood and kaolin
20th century
Igbo
metal nails, wood and polychrome
Late 19th - early 20th century
Ejagham
wood, antelope skin, and raffia
20th century
Igbo; Idoma
wood with pigment
African
wood, metal, rope, and hair
late 20th century
Ogoni
wood and metal
20th century
Burkinabé
wood
20th century
Songye
wood with white and black pigments and raffia
20th century
Dogon
wood with indigo paint, string and leather
20th century
Bamileke
cloth with multi-colored beadwork
1950-1999
Bamileke
cloth, glass beads, fiber
20th century
Igbo
wood, human hair and pigment
early 20th century
Mende
wood
n.d.
Punu
wood and pigment
circa 1950
Bembe
wood, with yellow commercial paint
n.d.
Ibibio
wood, raffia and cowrie shells
1880-1940
Yoruba
leather, carved wood, cloth, metal and cowrie shells
circa 1940
Ibibio
wood, egg, and shell
1900-1984
Ibibio
wood, paint, and mirrors
circa 1920
Kuba
wood and patination
circa 1950
Makonde
wood, horse hair, human hair
1900-1970
Bamana
wood, cowrie shells and red seeds
1900-1983
Igala; Igbo; Idoma
wood
circa 1890-1910
Kuba
wood and paint
circa 1940
Idoma; Igbo
wood, paint and raffia
circa 1950
Hausa
wood, abrus seeds, leather and string
n.d.
Dogon
wood, metal and paint
1900-1971
Baulé
wood with black and white pigment
1800-1971
Senufo
wood, brass tacks and kaolin
1900-1971
Burkinabé
wood and paint
1900-1971
Mossi
wood, paint and kaolin
1900-1970
Bamana
wood with black incrustation
1900-1971
Senufo
wood and pigment
1900-1971
Ejagham
wood, antelope skin, and pigment
1900-1970
Chokwe
bark cloth, cotton and paint
Late 20th century
Mambila
wood and pigment
1900-1999
Dan
wood and raffia
early 20th century
Guru
pigment on wood
20th century
Fang
carved wood
20th century
Chokwe
wood and tukula powder
19th - 20th century
Guro
wood, pigment
1900-1985
Kuba
wood, paint, wool cloth, fiber cloth, cowrie shell, glass beads and leopa
1925-1975
Bijogo
wood, glass, paint, metal, animal horns
circa 1930
Pende
wood, pigments, vegetable fiber, raffia
circa 1940
Luba
wood, raffia, feathers, kaolin
19th - 20th century
Guro
wood, pigment
1900-1971
Bamana
wood, brass tacks and twine
1900-1971
Bamana
wood, brass tacks and twine
Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
wood, polychrome with white and red mineral pigments, plant fiber
circa 1950
Bamana
wood, leather
1900-1983
Eket; Ibibio
wood and pigment
circa 1950
Lula
wood, cotton yarns, cowrie shells, paint
1900-1970
Dogon
wood with traces of paint
Bwa
wood with white pigment
20th century
Bamum; Bamileke; North West Province
wood, human hair, natural fiber, and traces of camwood
20th century
Bembe
wood, kaolin and cotton fabric
1900-1974
Chamba
wood, pitch and pigment
1900-1983
Kuba
wood, cowrie shells and textiles
1900-1983
Senufo
wood, raffia and imported fabric
Fang
wood with white pigment
19th - 20th century
Guro
wood, pigment
1900-1971
Dogon
wood, metal and pigment
19th century - 20th century
Bamileke
feathers, fabric and palm fiber
late 20th century
Yoruba
wood, pigment and sand
circa 1940
Kran
wood, pigment and natural fiber
early 20th century
Bamum; Bamileke; North West Province
carved wood
1900-1983
Cameroon
feathers and woven fiber
circa 1950
Dan
wood, monkey hair, iron and cloth
1900-1983
Dogon
fiber, cowrie shell and human hair
1900-1990
Dan
wood and cloth
20th century
Dan
wood, rafia, canvas, cowrie shells, and metal
circa 1900-1983
Salampasu
dyed fiber, raffia
1920-1960
Salampasu
wood, raffia, kaolin and fiber
1900-1978
Igbo
pigment, metal and monkey fur
19th century
Yoruba
wood with polychrome
early 20th century
Dan
carved wood and wax
circa 1890
Chokwe
wood, tukula powder, clay, string, metal, fur, snakeskin, cloth
20th century
Igbo
wood, white and black pigment
20th century
Dan; Guere
wood
20th century
Yoruba
wood and pigment
circa 1950
Workshop of Adugbologe
wood, mirrors, pigment, gourd, beads and metal
1950-1999
Guro
wood, pigment
circa 1950
Bamana
wood, sheet metal, glass and cloth
1900-1970
Bamana
wood, sheet metal, cloth and pigment
1900-1983
Kuba
wood, polychrome, glass beads, cowrie shells, cotton cloth and string
circa 1950
Bamana
wood, sheet metal
1900-1975
Lega
wood, kaolin
circa 1940
Bembe
wood, porcupine quills, pigment, and raffia
circa 1930
Bembe
wood and pigment
