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COPPER AND SILVER PLATED
The design of the superstructure is intended to placate the mothers by displaying their inner powers for all to see
the initiates would take from the body of the deceased various relics
5 million and are the only tribe of Inland West Africa to have a centralized governing body
Sidime Mamady
Unique Igbo Mask From Nigeria 25x10 in punu statue COPPER AND SILVER PLATEDThe Igbo use thousands of masks, which incarnate unspecified spirits of the dead, forming a vast community of souls. The outstanding characteristic of the many Igbo masks is that they are painted chalk white, the color of the spirit. Masked dancers wore extremely elaborate costumes (sometimes ornamented with mirrors) and often their feet and hands were covered. With their masks, the Igbo oppose beauty to bestiality, the feminine to the masculine,
