“People draw and paint pictures or make carvings of their idea of spirits; or spirits are represented by masks at ceremonies and

festivals.”-Introduction to African Religions

John S. Mbiti

*recreation of a diagram in Intro. To African Religions, John Mbiti. Pg.70

Dan and We Masks

http://www.africanart.org/facingthemask/diversity_danwe.htmlhttp://www.tribesg

allery.com/african/masks_rare.html

http://www.zyama.com/dan/pics..htm

Sande Society The Mende, Vai and Gola peoples of Sierra Leone and Liberia

http://www.dia.org/collections/aonwc/africanart/1990.268larger

www.africanart.org/facingthemask/function_perform.html

http://www.introspecinc.com/gallery/exhibit.htm

Animal MasksSpirits of the Bush

The Ijo of Nigeria and The Guro of the Ivory Coast

http://www.zyama.com/ijo/pics..htm

http://www.africanart.org/facingthemask/diversity_male.html

Baule Figures

• http://perso.wanadoo.fr/africart/pages/baou5.htm

http://www.msu.edu/~kamuseum/exhibitions/online/africa/index8.htm

http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-art-collection-statues.htm

http://www.eliteartofafrica.com/Sculpture/African%20Sculpture.htm http://www.hamillgallery.com/BAULE/Baul

eBoUsuFigures/BauleBoUsu02.html

http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/umsdp/UMA/

Nail Fetishesminkondi

http://www.csicop.org/skeptiseum/Superstitions.html#Congo

http://www.africadirect.com/productsdesc.html?ID=12133

Bakota Guardians

http://www.debberna.it/http://www.african-artgallery.de/produkte/figuren/p_bakota-f01-h.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jdtr/struc/kota3.htm

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