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| Figure on horseback. Dogon of Mali. Wood. |
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| Ginna House. Dogon of Mali. Wood. Familial leader lives in the Ginna. |
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| Ancestral figure. Dogon of Mali. Wood. |
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| Seated Couple/ Primordial Couple. Dogon of Mali. Wood. Representative of the founding ancestors. Man has a quiver on his back while the woman has a baby. |
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| Sirige Masks stored inside cliff cavern. Dogon of Mali. Wood, Pigment |
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| Sirige and Other Masks Performed. Dogon of Mali. Wood, pigment, fiber |
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| Kanaga Mask. Dogon of Mali. Wood, pigment. Only worn by men. |
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| Satimbe mask. Dogon of Mali. Wood, pigment, fiber. Represents the women who discovered mask carving, as well as elder women who have passed on. Worn and performed by a man. |
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| Masked performers. Dogon of Mali. Wood, pigment, fiber |
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| Helmet mask/Warakun. Bamana of Mali. Wood, porcupine quills, fur, antelope horns, feathers, mirror, sacrificial patina. |
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| Mask with Cowrie Shells. Bamana of Mali. Stickers, strings, fiber, vegetable matter, human bodily fluid. Cowrie shells representative of currency as well as female genitalia. Also called Ndomo mask. |
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| Ci Wara Dance Crest. Bamana of Mali. Wood. Mask of the farming society, representative of the creature that taught the Bamana how to farm. Antelope, aardvark, and anteater. |
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| Boli. Bamana of Mali. Sticks, strings, fibers, vegetable matter, human bodily fluid. Meant to protect from dark magic. |
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| Gwandusu/Mother and Child Figure. Bamana of Mali. Wood. Used in shrines by women who want to have children. Represents the idea of a perfect woman, rather than an actual person. |
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| Mossi Horsemen w/ Spears. 1892. Mossi of Burkina Faso. Engraving. |
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| Warthog Mask. Mossi of Burkina Faso. Wood, Fiber. |
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| Performance of Animal Mask. Mossi of Burkina Faso. Wood, pigment, fiber |
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| Year End Ceremony. Mossi of Burkina Faso. |
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| Yatenga style mask. Mossi of Burkina Faso. |
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| Standing Figure. Mossi of Burkina Faso. Wood, cloth |
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| Cheif Figures. Mossi of Burkina Faso. Wood, pigment, fiber, cloth. Sometimes hermaphroditic to symbolize that the chief embodies all of his people, male and female. |
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| Plank Masks. Bwa of Burkina Faso. Wood, pigment, fiber. |
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| Butterfly Mask at Initiation. Bwa of Burkina Faso. Wood, fiber. Actually a mask of a bat. Stupid French people! |
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| Leaf Masks. Bwa of Burkina Faso. Fiber, grasses, vines, feathers. Only last for one day. Burned after performance. |
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| Standing Female Figure. Bwa of Burkina Faso. Wood, pigment. Scarification on her skin symbolizes the path of the ancestors and societal rules. |
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| Mami Wata. Print. West Africa. Influenced by mermaids on ships that brought goods to Africa, as well as the white women who came on those ships. |
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| Performance of Plank Masks. Bwa of Burkina Faso. Wood, pigment, fiber. |
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| Plank Mask. Bwa of Burkina Faso. Wood, pigment, twine. |
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| Bateba Shrine. Lobi of Burkina Faso. Wood, clay, terracotta. |
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| Butterfly Kachina girl. Hopi. US. |
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| Mourning Figure. Lobi of Burkina Faso. Wood. Thil spirit who protects grieving families from depression and "khar" (sadness) |
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| Seated Lerosique Figure. Lobi of Burkina Faso. Wood. Represents the French military physician who helped decrease sleeping sickness outbreak. |
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| Wooden Stool. Lobi of Burkina Faso. Wood. The stools of men have 3 legs, women 4. |
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| Interior of Shrine. Bidyogo of Guinea Bissau. Wood, clay. |
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| Steer Masks. Bidyogo of Guinea Bissau. Wood, fibers. When Bidyogo young men are initiated they come into the village with these masks, acting like wild bulls, and are beaten by elders. Afterwards, they straighten up and take the masks off. They are then "men" |
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| Bovine Mask. Bidyogo of Guinea Bissau. Wood, fiber |
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| Iran. Bidyogo of Guinea Bissau. Wood. Ancestral Spirit figure. |
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| Sande Performance Featuring Gonde. Mende of Sierra Leone. |
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| Sowei Initiation Mask. Mende of Sierra Leone. Wood. Roles of "prosperity" on the neck. Described after a Mende woman has a dream, then carved by the male sculptor of her village. |
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| Olifant. Sapi-Portuguese. West Guinea Coast. Ivory, metal |
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| Saltcellar. Sapi of Benin. Ivory. Typically carved with intent to sell to Europeans. Feature European figures and "reformed" African figures. |
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| Sande Initiates. Mende of Sierra Leone. |
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| Bamana, Mali. Female society; figures of prominent women who have fulfilled their roles as wives/mothers. |
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| Bamana, Mali. Powerful and dangerous male society. Teaches people about their relationship to the spiritual world, especially how to battle malevolent forces (witchcraft); only senior men. |
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| Bamana, Mali. Senior male society; learn about relationships in the community. |
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| Bamana, Mali. Both male and female members; focuses on the importance of farming. |
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| Bamana, Mali. Junior male society; boys before they are circumsised; protects them from malevolent forces before circumcision. |
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| Bwa, Burkina Faso. God of the leaf mask. Worshiped by "old fashioned" Bwa. |
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| Bwa, Burkina faso. Spirit of the wooden masks. Saved Bwa from drought. |
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| Bwa, Burkina Faso. Jealous spirit who will shower you with love and goods, but you must not worship or love anyone else... Or she'll kill you. |
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| Dogon, Mali. Male spiritual leader of the village. |
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| Dogon, Mali. Society responsible for rituals which allow the deceased to enter the spirit world. |
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| Dogon, Mali. The Highest creator god. |
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| Dogon, Mali. Antelope Mask. |
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| Dogon, Mali. Monkey mask. The trouble maker who is responsible for the unfortunate things that happen to people. |
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| Lobi, Burkina Faso. Figures who channel protective spirits (Thil) and carry out their orders. |
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