 African Masks 2005 Wall Calendar
African Masks 2005 Wall Calendar
Western Africans wear masks to avert evil, transmit tribal lore, initiate the young into adulthood, and summon the spirits of the dead. During a procession, dance, or ceremony, the mask becomes alive, subordinating the wearer to its spirit. The twelve beautiful and wonderfully wrought nineteenth- and twentieth-century masks in this calendar are from the countries of Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Liberia, Gabon, the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Published with The Brooklyn Museum of Art. The calendar includes international holidays and moon phases.
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