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Small painted model pole carved with (top to bottom) eagle, seated bear figure, human face; on a grey rectangular wooden base. The eagle has separately carved and attached wings spread out to its side. The bear is in an upright seated position. In its paws it holds a human face. Painted dark brown-red, black, white and grey on a natural wood background.
Human face mask with bright yellow skin, and long straight black hair. Mask has half-closed with eye holes cutout underneath. They have thin rounded black eyebrows, black lips, and there are three vertical black lines on the forehead and a line extending down the chin from the lips.
Animal mask, carved and painted. Long oval mask with smooth face and small rounded ears. The face has oval white eyes with black pupils and small red nostrils. There is a fabric cover attached to the back of the mask with a orange-brown background, dark purple blue swirls with small white dots, and gold and black honeycomb-like designs within circles.
Animal mask, carved and painted. The mask has a narrow rounded head, flat face, and pointed chin. It has a very prominent brow ridge, which extends across the face, and a long narrow nose. There are two small holes cutout for eyes. Long oval ears are on either side of the head. Covered in red, blue and black polka dots on a white background. The mouth is open, showing teeth and all red.
Mask carved from wood and painted. The animal face has a keyhole-like shape - a wide rounded top that narrows to a rectangular lower jaw. A large reddish-brown ridge extends over the back of the head, and carries down to the centre of the face, doubling as a nose. There are two small square cutout eye holes. The face is painted with black and white geometric designs of repeating triangles. Two large pointed ears extend out from the top of the head. Dark teal plant fibre hair is attached to the back.
Writing tablet, or prayer board. Invocations for blessings handwritten on the front. The board is rectangular, with one large round projection at the top, and two small rectangular feet at the base. Writing on both sides of board.
Mask with concave oval face with ridge down centre, cutout triangular eye holes, and diagonal lines of triangles outlined in white around the sides. Attached to back is long reddish-brown plant fibre hair that hangs down. A vertical rectangular superstructure extends up from the face mask as well as a small horned animal head with standing female figure above, which is mounted in front and attached to the face mask. The panel is carved and painted with geometric designs and one large square section of checkerboard pattern in black and white and both front and back. Surmounted by three stacked downward-facing triangles.
Yatenga mask has spherical face covered in a repeating triangle pattern with diamond cutout eye holes within a white horizontal band. Extending down from the face is a long black rectangular mouth with carved red concentric triangles on top. A large projection extends up from the face mask with slit down centre. It is painted with a large repeating triangle design. There is a cloth tie attached to either side of the face, and a wooden bite bar through the interior.
Wood rectangular face mask (part a) with tall ladder-like superstructure. The face mask has two sunken rectangular areas on either side of the nose, and two cutout square eye holes below a rounded brow ridge. Attached to the back of the mask is brown plant fibre hair. Extending from the top of the head, between the blue ears, is a tall superstructure of openwork panels alternating between various hourglass shapes, and lines, tapering in at the end. The superstructure is two sections, split between the fifth and sixth panel (part b). The two sections are tied together with small strips of leather.
Carved and painted mask. The face mask section has a sunken lower face with a strong brow ridge, two triangular cutout eye holes, a thin nose and a small pouted mouth. Large pointed ears extend up and the forehead is decorated with a single raised line down the centre. The superstructure is a female figure with projecting breasts, square shoulders, arms bent at the elbow with one hand on her leg and the other holding a ceramic vessel on her head.