behind the mask african masks

Who’s Behind Who’s Behind the Mask?the Mask?

This presentation provides images of masks

from different museum collections. The

resources here support a unit entitled “In the Spirit

Of…”

African Gallery...

Veranda Post, iroko wood and pigment, 1912-1916Agbonbiofe Adeshina and assistants, African (Nigeria), died 1945Ackland Fund, 91.974

Mask, wood with natural and European pigments, brass tacks, buttons, tusks, human hair, fabric, bellsAfrican, Liberia or Ivory Coast, probably Dan or We (Ngere) people, 20th centuryGift of Michael H. Glicker, 81.62.1

Mask, wood, before 1932Africa, Liberia or Ivory Coast, Dan People,20th centuryBurton Emmett Collection, 58.1.236

...at the Ackland Art Museum

Mask, wood, pigment, cloth, Africa, Nigeria, Idoma people, 20th century, gift of Dr. Harold J. Lurie, 72.35.2

North Carolina Museum of Art

AncientAmericasCollection

Peru, North Coast, Sican culture, about 1000-1476Kero (Ceremonial Drinking Vessel)Gold alloy Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina,74.1.3

Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed/Central Highlands, about 500-1000Trophy Head Effigy VesseCeramic with incised decorationGift of Dr. Clifton F. Mountain and Mrs. Marilyn T.Mountain, 96.4.41

NCMA’s African Collection

Nigeria, YorubaBeaded Crown, 20th centuryGlass beads and grass cloth, H. 20 3/8 in. (51.7 cm.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, 77.2.10 ©NCMA

Nigeria, Niger River DeltaSawfish Headdress, 20th CenturyWood, mirrors, and paint, H. 27 1/4 x W. 19 7/8 x L. 893/8 in. (69.3 x 50.6 x 227.0 cm.)Purchased with funds from various donors, by exchange, 85.1 © NCMA

Nigeria, Kingdom of Benin, Edo Leopard Hip Pendant, probably 18th CenturyCast brass with copper inlay, H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)Purchased with funds from the bequest of W.R.Valentiner, by exchange, 99.2

Indians of British

Columbia

Transformation Mask

Milwaukee Public Museumhttp://www.mpm.edu/collect/mask.html

Native American Masks fromNew Mexico

Dream Spirit

War Bonnet

Medicine BirdNative Son Designs by Gregory Dunnfound at The Adobe Trading Posthttp://www.powerplace.com/

Animal SpiritFour Winds

Touch the SkyNative Son Designs by Gregory Dunnfound at The Adobe Trading Posthttp://www.powerplace.com/

Mexican Devil Mask

Milwaukee Public Museumhttp://www.mpm.edu/collect/mask.html

Alaska’s Tlingit Tribe

Shaman’s Mask

National Museum of Natural History, 1996.http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/.

Alaska’s Bering Sea Eskimo

Transformation Mask

Black Bear Inua Mask

Bird Mask

National Museum of Natural History, 1996.http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/.

Siberian Masks

National Museum of Natural History, 1996.http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/.

Wood Mask by the Maritime Koryak

National Museum of Natural History, 1996.http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/.

Leather Mask by the Reindeer Koryak

Leather MaskChukchi

Mardi GrasMagic

Lady Luck

Pulcinella - Cirque de Soleil

The Jesterhttp://www.mardigrasmasks.com/