With Disguise: Masks and Global African Art  just a month away, we’re looking at—and through—m

With Disguise: Masks and Global African Art  just a month away, we’re looking at—and through—masks from the Brooklyn Museum’s African Art collection. Although little information exists concerning the masking traditions of the many ethnic groups of the Ubangi region, in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, masks were likely used during the activities which surrounded boys’ initiations and circumcisions. Masks from the Ubangi region can be identified by their characteristics scarification marks: rows of bumps or incisions running across the forehead and down the bridge of the nose, sometimes extending to the chin. Follow curator Kevin Dumouchelle (@BKLN_AfrPac) on Instagram and Twitter to go Behind-the-Masks!Posted by Kevin D. Dumouchelle and Meghan Bill -- source link

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