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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Body Mask (Kakuungo)

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, pigment, and wood fiber

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.554
    Culture: 
    Mbala or Suku
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress (Okenekene) Representing a Horned Animal Surmounted by Human and Animal Figures

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, paint, glaze, mirrors, nails, and ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.572
    Culture: 
    Ijebu Yorùbá
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress in the Form of a Human Head Surmounted by an Antelope Head

    Date: 
    mid to late 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and paint

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.270
    Culture: 
    Krio, Ode-Lay association
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress Representing a Water Spirit

    Date: 
    mid to late 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, textiles, paint, cardboard, nails, and thread

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.275
    Culture: 
    Temne, Ode-Lay association
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress in the Shape of an Antelope Head Surmounted by Two Horned Animal Heads

    Date: 
    mid to late 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, enamel paint, horns, and iron nails

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.281
    Culture: 
    Krio, Ode-Lay association
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Night Society Headdress

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.127
    Culture: 
    Bangwa
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Night Society Headdress

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, encrustation, and metal

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.137
    Culture: 
    Bangwa
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Male Headdress

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.141
    Culture: 
    Kom
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Animal Head for a Puppet Masquerade

    Date: 
    mid to late 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, paint, mirrors, cloth, and metal

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.290
    Culture: 
    Bamana
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress in the Shape of an Animal Head

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, skin, monkey fur, tusks, feathers, cotton cloth, metal, cotton thread, and rattan

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.82
    Culture: 
    Boki
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view

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