Tsogo peoples, Ogowe River region, Gabon
Late 19th to early 20th century
Wood, pigment
32 x 21.3 x 8.5 cm (12 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
2005-6-101, gift of Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (cat. no. 25)
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The striking disconnect between the divisions of the painted surface and the underlying carved form is an aspect of African art that first entranced Western audiences. The Western lack of awareness of context was such that when this mask was exhibited in the 1950s in France, it was identified as coming from another part of Africa. Later research attributed this mask to the Tsogo peoples as part of wider regional tradition of divided color faces.
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