Add to ORKGLega masks are heart-shaped with concave faces that feature a delicate mouth and eyes shaped like cowrie shells. Surprisingly, the masks are rarely worn on the face, but are attached to different parts of the body, hung on fences, held in the hand, or worn over the forehead with the beard draping over the face. The masks are most frequently used during initiation ceremonies.https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/african-sculptures-and-masks/1030/thumbnail.jp
The fetish shrine object is a simple mud hut with some kind of enclosure or fence around it. The pri...
The mask is believed to have been produced in the early sixteenth century for the King or ObaEsigie,...
This is a power figure made by a Kongo artist. These figures are meant to serve communities, helping...
Dance Mask 10 1/2 high Circa 20th Century Lega, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa Wood, Pigm...
Cult Mask 10 1/4 high Circa 19th Century Lega, Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood, Pigment Am ov...
These hand-carved lega Figures are symbols of the owner\u27s rank within the Bwami society.The objec...
The masks are usually carved from wood and colored with red tukula powder, a dye made from the cam...
Dance Mask 16 high Circa 20th Century Dan, Liberia, West Africa Wood, Raffia, Cowry shells A carved...
The dance mask of a type known as Mwana Pwo, is regarded as an idealized depiction of a beautiful yo...
The traditional wood carvings are for ancestor and spirit cults, for initiation, medical and divinat...
This oval-shaped mask carved of wood .They usually integrate different parts of their mythology that...
African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eastern Pende People Mukanda Mask with Heart-Shaped Face...
This mask of the Marka tribe of Mali displays the typical narrow and austere face with long, pointed...
The fetish shrine object is a simple mud hut with some kind of enclosure or fence around it. The pri...
The mask is believed to have been produced in the early sixteenth century for the King or ObaEsigie,...
This is a power figure made by a Kongo artist. These figures are meant to serve communities, helping...
Dance Mask 10 1/2 high Circa 20th Century Lega, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa Wood, Pigm...
Cult Mask 10 1/4 high Circa 19th Century Lega, Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood, Pigment Am ov...
These hand-carved lega Figures are symbols of the owner\u27s rank within the Bwami society.The objec...
The masks are usually carved from wood and colored with red tukula powder, a dye made from the cam...
Dance Mask 16 high Circa 20th Century Dan, Liberia, West Africa Wood, Raffia, Cowry shells A carved...
The dance mask of a type known as Mwana Pwo, is regarded as an idealized depiction of a beautiful yo...
The traditional wood carvings are for ancestor and spirit cults, for initiation, medical and divinat...
This oval-shaped mask carved of wood .They usually integrate different parts of their mythology that...
African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eastern Pende People Mukanda Mask with Heart-Shaped Face...
This mask of the Marka tribe of Mali displays the typical narrow and austere face with long, pointed...
The fetish shrine object is a simple mud hut with some kind of enclosure or fence around it. The pri...
The mask is believed to have been produced in the early sixteenth century for the King or ObaEsigie,...
This is a power figure made by a Kongo artist. These figures are meant to serve communities, helping...