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African Art – Highlights from recent months

An archive of the sculptures and masks that have marked our journey through the art of Sub-Saharan and Equatorial Africa.

Bembe female ancestor figure, D.R. Congo, late 19th–early 20th century, wood and porcelain, cover image

Female Ancestor Figure, Bembe, D.R. Congo

Diula face mask, Mankono area, Ivory Coast, 19th century, non-ferrous metal alloy, frontal view

Face Mask, Diula, Ivory Coast

Forehead Mask, Bassa, Liberia or Ivory Coast

Figura Zoomorfa Tellem Dogon, Mali, quattordicesimo secolo, Dalton Somare

Janus Zoomorphic Figure, pre Dogon, Mali

Figura ad uncino Gra o Garra, Behinemo Papua Nuova Guinea, inizio 20esimo secolo, legno, 128 cm

Hook Figure, Garra Bahinemo, Papua New Guinea

Figura Androgina Niongom Mali p3 - Androgynous Figure, Niongom, Mali - Dalton Somaré

Androgynous Figure, Niongom, Mali

Female Figure Senufo Dalton Somare

Female Figure, Senufo, Ivory Coast

Mask, ntomo Initiation Society

Ntomo Mask, Bamana, Mali

Bamana Headdress Dalton Somare 3

Headdress, Bamana, Mali

We Mask Dalton Somare Merton Simpson New York

Mask, We, Ivory Coast

Lega Mask Dalton Somare Front

Mask, Lega, D.R. Congo

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Helmet Mask, Igbo, Nigeria

Youre Mask Dalton Somare 1

Mask, Yaouré, Ivory Coast