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African Art
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2,500 Years of African Art
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Ibo (Igbo), Nigeria, Helmet Mask of a Maiden Spirit (Mmwo society), Late 19th or early 20th century
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Museum Collectors
The masks, figures, hats, and knives in the museum´s collection span some 2,500 years, from Nigeria´s early Nok culture, the first in all of sub-Saharan Africa to produce sculpture, to the mid-1900s.
The galleries showcase masks, figures, ceremonial objects, combs, furniture, and other types of objects from the regions south of the Sahara Desert, of which the most prolific art-producers are the Sudan, Guinea Coast, Equatorial Forest, and Southern Savanna. The African collection is strong in works from the Western Sudan and Guinea Coast regions, with a particular depth in materials from the Yoruba people, including a mother and child group and a female twin figure. An earthenware Nok head and torso of a female figure dates from 500 B.C.—A.D. 200.
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