Gelede mask, wood and pigment, Yoruba culture, Nigeria, late 19th or early 20th century; in the Brooklyn Museum, New York. 29.8 × 23.5 × 30.5 cm.
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.227Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 (Generic)Maiden spirit mask symbolizing beauty and peacefulness, painted wood, Southern Igbo Ekpe society, Nigeria; in the Nigerian Museum, Lagos. Height 21.3 cm.
Frank WillettGun, the Fon god of iron and war, iron; in the Musée de l’Homme, Paris. Height 165 cm.
Courtesy of the Musée du Quai Branly (formely the Musée de l’Homme), ParisDogon sacred cult site, Mali.
Rene GardiYoruba cap mask for the Gelede masquerade, wood, pigment, 1930–60; in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Height 30.32 cm.
Photograph by Jenny O’Donnell. Indianapolis Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Eiteljorg, 1989.755Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 (Generic)Barotse basket diviner. The diviner shakes various objects in the winnowing basket and, by interpreting their final juxtaposition, seeks to predict the outcome of an illness and to name the sorcerer responsible.
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