African mask-making is a colorful tradition that portrays the continent's diverse cultures and histories. These masks are not ...

Having been practiced for centuries, African wood carving is an integral cultural art form across various African communities ...

"Elvis Mask for Nyau Society", Unidentified Chewa artist (c. 1977). This wooden mask is from the Nyau Society, Malawi, whose masks represent spirits of the dead, wild bush spirits and caricatures ...

SPRING HILL — Spring Hill Elementary School art teacher Denise Ferranto has a smooth, dark wood African mask depicting an elephant in her classroom, borrowed from fifth-grade teacher Amanda Venn, ...

Object for object, “The Inner Eye: Vision and Transcendence in African Arts” provides perhaps the most flat-out beautiful museum exhibition in Los Angeles so far this year. A selection of ...

The High Museum. Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. 404-733-4400. High.org Insider tips When buying African art, consider first “what speaks to you,” Guichard says.

The 19th-Century wooden mask was probably acquired "in unknown circumstances" around 1917 by René-Victor Edward Maurice Fournier, a French colonial governor and the plaintiff's grandfather.

Popularly known as the "Krugier-Picasso mask," a 19th century West African mask that will be part of the Jan Krugier Collection sale at Christie's on November 4 was an important inspiration to ...