African Masks
African Art:
Aesthetics
and Meaning - from the Bayly Museum of the University of
Virginia
A catalog of an exhibit of
African
masks and headdresses at the Bayly Museum of the University of Virginia
at Charlottesville. Click on "The Exhibition" to find pictures
and
information about many African masks and headresses.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html
The Art of the African
Mask
- from the Bayly Museum of the University of Virginia
Exhibition of African masks also
from the Bayly Art Museum. Organized by four themes - Faces of
Spirits,
Images of Ancestors, Portraits of Rulers and Icons of Power.
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask.html
Art and Life in Africa
Online:
Key Moments in Life - from the University of Iowa
Contains information about a
variety
of African art objects, including masks. Divided into nine
sections
that explore the relationship between art and different life stages
(ex.
- Newborn/Infancy, Death/Rebirth).
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/chapters/KML.html
In the Presence of Spirits
-
from the Museum of Ethnology in Lisbon
Presents information about art
objects,
including masks, in sub-Saharan Africa. Divided into sections
according
to tribes and regions. Click on an image to enlarge it and to
learn
more about that object.
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/spirits/index.htm