This exhibit includes a variety of 20th century masks from cultures in Western Coastal and Central Africa, including masks of the Ijo, Igbo, Ibibio, and Yoruba cultures from Nigeria, along with masks of the Kuba culture from Democratic Republic of Congo. Artists of these cultures carved the masks from wood and painted them to depict figures with human-like physical … [Read more...] about African Masks and Headdresses: Researched by Katie Kimbrough
BEFORE CONSERVATION AFTER CONSERVATION This Gelede mask (or headdress) has a superstructure that appears to represent a ceramic pottery vessel. The superstructures of traditional Gelede headdresses come in many different shapes and sizes. They can be elaborate, with complex and elaborate scenes comprised of many figures of animals and humans, or the superstructure … [Read more...] about Gelede Headdress: Researched and Conserved by Nicholas Deckard