Africa Centrale

 
Seguono le denominazioni principali delle etnie dell'Africa centrale e i link a singole o più fotografie raffiguranti le maschere.

Bangwa / Bangoua / Bangua / Ngwa / Nwe (Cameroun)

Funeral Mask (i)

Biombo / Bena Biombo (Zaire)

Chokwe / Bachokwe / Badjok / Bakjokwe / Bajokwe / Batshioko / Ciokwe / Cokwe / Djok / Djokwe / Jokwe / Kioko / Kiokue / Quioco / Shioko / Tchokwe / Tshokwe / Tshioko / Tshokwe / Tuchokwe / Watschiwokwe (Angola, Zaire, Zambia)

Chihongo Mask (i)

Lovely Maiden Mask
© Museum of Art and Archaeology
Maiden Mask
© Ralph Proctor Gallery, 30 cm
Mask
Sam Francis Gallery Image Bank
Mwanapwo Mask
© J. Paul Getty Trust
Mwana pwo Mask
Faces of Africa
Pwo mask (front)
Bayly
P
wo mask (side)
Bayly
Pwo Mask
Musée Dapper, 22 cm

Holo / Baholo / Holu (Angola, Zaire)

Mask

Kongo / Bakongo / Bashikongo / Kakongo (Angola, Congo Republic, Zaire)

Face Mask
Tervuren Museum

White Faced Mask
© The Art Institiute of Chicago

Kuba / Bacouba / Bakouba / Bakuba / Bushong / Bushongo (Congo Republic, Zaire)

Bwoom Mask (front)
Bayly
Bwoom Mask-(side)
Bayly
Bwoom Mask
Faces of Africa
*
Bwoom Helmet Mask*
Middlebury College, 33 cm
Helmet Mask
Brave Neu World
Helmet Mask
Gallerie La Taj
Mukenga
© The Art Institute of Chicago
Ngaady A Mwaash Mask
© Emory University, 44 cm, 19th cent.
Ngaady A Mwaash Mask
© Ralph Proctor Gallery, 30 cm
Ngaady A Mwaash Mask (front)
Bayly
Ngaady A Mwaash Mask (side)
Bayly
Ngaady A Mwaash Mask
© The Nok Museum of African Arts @ Harlemm
*
Ngady A Mnaask*
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Mask
University of Pennsylvania
Mukenga Mask
The Artshow
Mwaash A Mboy Mask
© University of Michigan
Mwaash A Mboy Mask (front)
Bayly
Mwaash A Mboy Mask (side)
Bayly
Mwaash A Mboy Mask
© The Nok Museum of African Arts @ Harlemm
Portraits of Rulers
Bayly
Pwoom itok Mask
Bayly
Pwoom itok Mask
Stanley Collection of African Art, © Art and Life in Africa Project & UIMA, 30 cm

Kuyu / Koyo (Congo Republic)

Kwele / Bakwele / Bekwil / Ebaa / Kouele (Congo Republic, Cameroun, Gabon)

Kwele Mask
© Nok Museum of African Art @ Harlemm

Lega / Balega / Balegga / Rega / Walega / Warega (Zaire)

Lukungu Miniature Mask
Tervuren Museum

Lendu / Bale / Balendu (Zaire, Uganda)

Luba / Baluba / Kaluba / Warua (Zaire, Zambia)

Kifwebe Mask
Tervuren Museum

Loang

*Mask*
Musée National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie

Lunda / Alunda / Aluund / Balunda / Luunda / Ruund (Angola, Zaire, Zambia)

Mask
© University of Michigan, ca. 1940

Lwalu / Balualua / Balwalwa / Lwalwa (Zaire)

Mask
Mfondo Mask
Tervuren Museum

Mbete / Ambete / Mbede / Mbeti (Congo Republic, Gabon)

Mpongwe / Pongwe (Gabon)

Mukuyi Mask
© Musée Dapper, 34 cm
Okuyi Mask, Female (front)
Bayly
Okuyi Mask, Female (side)
Bayly
Spirit Maiden
Offshore Opportunities, 34 cm

Ndengese / Bonkese / Dekses / Dengese / Ndenkese (Zaire)

Pende / Bapende / Kasai Pende / Phende / Pindi / Pinji (Zaire)

Ancestral Mask
Brave Neu World
Chief's Mask
Faces of Africa
*
Costume with Mask*
Hooded Mask
University of Utah
Kipako Mask (front)
Bayly
Kipako Mask (side)
Bayly
Kipoko
Middlebury College
Mask
Hamill Gallery of African Art, © John Urban
Panya Ngombe Mask
© The Nok Museum of African Arts @ Harlemm
Pumbu Chief's Mask (front)
Bayly
Pumbu Chief's Mask (side)
Bayly

Punu / Apono / Bapunu / Pounou / Puno (Congo Republic, Gabon)

Funeral Mask
© Ralph Proctor Gallery, 45 cm
*
Mask*
Musée National des Artes d'Afrique et d'Océanie
Mask
Stanley Collection of African Art, © Art and Life in Africa Project & UIMA, 28 cm
Mukuyi Mask
Musée Dapper, 34 cm

Salumpasu / Asalampasu / Basalampasu / Mpasu (Zaire)

Warrior Mask
© Ralph Proctor Gallery, 40 cm

Songye / Basonge / Basongye / Bayembe / Songe (Zaire)

*Masks*
The Lawson Corley Museum
Kifwebe Mask
Tervuren Museum
Kifwebe
Middlebury College, 36 cm
Kifwebe Mask
New World Gallery
Kifwebe Female Mask
© Bayly Museum
Mask
University of Pennsylvania
Mask
© The Nok Museum of African Arts @ Harlemm
Passport Mask
All Nations
Tshifwebe Mask, Female
Faces of Africa
Tshifwebe Mask, Male
Faces of Africa

Suku / Basuku (Zaire)

*Heaume Mask*
Musée National des Artes d'Afrique et d'Océanie

Kakuunu Mask

Tervuren Museum
Mask with Raffia
University of Pennsylvania

Vili / Bavili / Ivili (Congo Republic, Gabon, Zaire)

Wooden Mask
Chistus Rex
Mask

Zande / Azande / NiamNiam (Central African Republic, Sudan, Zaire)

Zimba / Bazimba / Wazimba (Zaire)