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Collection data and imagery from museum open-access programs (CC0): Art Institute of Chicago, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Mauritshuis, Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Musée d'Orsay, National Gallery of Art, SMK — National Gallery of Denmark, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The National Gallery, Van Gogh Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art. Display states carry their verification time and source, and are never inferred.

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Coastal West Africa

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African Art9 Arts of Africa9 Coastal West Africa6 Baga2 Central Africa2 Nalu2 Bamana1 Bamileke1 Fang1 Guro1 Igbo1 Kota1 Mindumu1 Northern Africa and the Sahel1

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Masks13 Performance12 Ritual12 Supernatural8 Ancestors7 Animals7 Female6 Medicine6 Protector6 Spirit6 Status6 Abstract figures5 Divination5 Faces5

Culture

Guinea2 Nigeria2 Cameroon1 Côte d'Ivoire1

Style

African Art9 Arts of Africa9 Coastal West Africa6 Baga2 Central Africa2 Nalu2 Bamana1 Bamileke1 Fang1 Guro1 Igbo1 Kota1 Mindumu1 Northern Africa and the Sahel1

Subject

Masks13 Performance12 Ritual12 Supernatural8 Ancestors7 Animals7 Female6 Medicine6 Protector6 Spirit6 Status6 Abstract figures5 Divination5 Faces5

Culture

Guinea2 Nigeria2 Cameroon1 Côte d'Ivoire1

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Guro

Male Face Mask (Zauli), Possibly early or mid-20th century

Art Institute of Chicago

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Baga

Helmet Mask (Banda or Kumbaduba), Mid–20th century

Art Institute of Chicago

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Bamileke

Headdress, 20th century

Art Institute of Chicago

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Baga

Shrine Figure (a-Tshol, Elëk, or ma-Tshol), Late 19th or early 20th century

Art Institute of Chicago

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Igbo

Female Figure (Ntkekpe), Mid–20th century

Art Institute of Chicago

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Yoruba

Crown (Ade), Late 19th to mid-20th century

Art Institute of Chicago

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