Ogoni mask, Nigeria, c. 1970

The Ogoni allow a mask to “speak.” The movable lower jaw is attached to the head of the mask, left and right, by fiber cords. Ogoni mask dances serve a wide variety of functions, which depending on the region may range from simple entertainment to participation in funeral services and harvest festivals, and the implementation of court verdicts. Wild animal masks are danced, acrobatically, on the occasion of agrarian rituals. Height: 25 cm Reproduced: Catalogue “Africa Babel: the Art of a Continent”, p.- 178 left
 
Exhibitions:
2022-2024 Island of Fuerteventura “Art Africa: Ancestral Light”. Lighthouse of the Entallada. Cabildo of Fuerteventura.
2021-2022 Panama City. Government of Panama. “Art Africa: the spirit of the ancestors”. Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Casco Viejo.
2019-2020 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent”. Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo.
2013-2015 Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (Madao). La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia.
2005 “Black Africa”, Leather Museum.
2004 “Black Africa”. Caixa Laietana Foundation, Barcelona. Main exhibition hall