The works in Disguise: Masks and Global African Art are organized around the idea that masquerade is
The works in Disguise: Masks and Global African Art are organized around the idea that masquerade is always an art of becoming.Although each masquerade performance is always different, circumstances sometimes require inventing entirely new types of masquerade—becoming new forms to address new issues. Ode-lay is an urban masquerade developed in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The figures on this mask may be directly inspired by kung fu movies of the 1960s and ‘70s, but may also recall the pan-African water goddess Mami Wata.Posted by Kevin D. Dumouchelle and Meghan BillUnidentified Temne artist. Ode-Lay Mask, mid-20th century. Brooklyn Museum -- source link
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