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2. Traditional African masks - Wikipedia

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   As African masks are largely appropriated by Europeans, they are widely commercialized and sold in most tourist-oriented markets and shops in Africa (as well as "ethnic" shops in the Western world). As a consequence, the traditional art of mask-making has gradually ceased to be a privileged, status-related practice, and mass production of masks ...

3. Face mask (We people) - Wikipedia

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   An adorned wood face mask from the We (Wee) people of West Africa, dated to the 20th century is in the permanent African collection at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (as acquisition number 1989.373) and on display in the Eiteljorg Suite of African and Oceanic Art.

4. African sculpture - Wikipedia

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   Mask from Gabon Two Chiwara c. late 19th early 20th centuries, Art Institute of Chicago.Female (left) and male, vertical styles. Most African sculpture was historically in wood and other organic materials that have not survived from earlier than at most a few centuries ago; older pottery figures are found from a number of areas.

5. The rare African mask at the center of a fierce ... - AOL

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   Gabon demands rare African mask back as French couple sues art dealer over 4.2 million euro sale. ... Today, only a dozen Ngil masks remain in the world, according to court documents. Many ...

6. Art of Burkina Faso - Wikipedia

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   Masks attend to honor the deceased and to verify that the spirit of the deceased merits admission into the world of ancestors. Without a proper funeral the spirit remains near the home and causes trouble for his/her descendants. Masks are often carved of the wood of Ceiba pentandra, the faux kapokier. They are carved in three major styles that ...

7. Ngil mask - Wikipedia

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   These masks were worn during the initiation of new members into the group or while policing communities. [1] They are crafted with wood, which is then covered with a layer of soft white clay that is called Kaolinite. Often strips of raffia, which are pieces of fiber from the raffia palm, are attached to the mask.