Thursday 27 January 2022

Masks from Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Tanzania and The Republic of Congo

 


Benin Ivory Mask 25cm high.
17th Century carved mask from Benin Kingdom ( now part of Nigeria)




Doei female ancestor mask, Tanzania



Animal styled masks Burkina Faso 19th Century




Animal styled masks Burkina Faso 


Dan people of Ghana mask made by Emmanuel Opoku Asante





Fang Mask, Gabon



Ram Mask -  Gabon or Republic of Congo 19th or 20th Century



Carved Wood and white beads mask from Ghana



mask from the Punu people of Gabon in West Africa


Ngil society in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea


Fang Mask Ngil Society Gabon





Dean Gle Mask made by Dan People of Liberia



Von Gla Mask made by Dan People of Liberia



Carved Wood Mask, N'tomo Mask made by Bambara people of West Africa 
made during 18th Century