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A photograph depicting two Igbo masquerades with shaggy costumes and horned masks.

Rural Scene with Igbo Masquerades

A black-and-white gelatin silver print depicting a rural scene with two adult Igbo males dressed in masquerade costumes. The figures wear shaggy costumes and painted wooden masks featuring large horns, with one mask also exhibiting large teeth. The image was …

Image Masquerades • 1927-1943
A photograph showing a group of Igbo men in a masquerade, one wearing an elaborate mask with streamers and rattles on his knees.

Igbo Adult Males Performing Masquerade

A black-and-white gelatin silver print depicting a group of Igbo adult males engaged in a ceremonial performance in an outdoor setting. One figure on the left wears an elaborate mask featuring cloth streamers and trousers with rattles tied around the …

Image Masquerades • 1927-1943