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  • A mask made of wood, fiber, and pigment, portraying Mma ji.
    Artifact

    Face Mask (Mma ji)

    White, Bruce M.
    A mask made of wood, fiber, and pigment, portraying Mma ji.
    Date Created
    1900/1999
    Copyright
    IN COPYRIGHT
    A mask made of wood, fiber, and pigment, portraying Mma ji.
  • Igbo masks are made in many styles, and their distribution does not necessarily coincide with a matching set of beliefs concerning mask spirits. For example, the Okorosia masquerades of south-central Igboland share overall style features with the northern Igbo masks of the Nri-Awka area, such as the white-faced "Maiden-Spirit Mask" Agbogho mmuo but the belief in Okorosia water spirits is borrowed from the Niger Delta to the south where water spirits abound.
    Artifact

    Face Mask (Okorisa Nma)

    White, Bruce M.
    Igbo masks are made in many styles, and their distribution does not necessarily coincide with a matching set of beliefs concerning mask spirits. For example, the Okorosia masquerades of south-central Igboland share overall style features with the northern Igbo masks of the Nri-Awka area, such as the white-faced "Maiden-Spirit Mask" Agbogho mmuo but the belief in Okorosia water spirits is borrowed from the Niger Delta to the south where water spirits abound.
    Date Created
    1900/1999
    Copyright
    IN COPYRIGHT
    Igbo masks are made in many styles, and their distribution does not necessarily coincide with a matching set of beliefs concerning mask spirits. For example, the Okorosia masquerades of south-central Igboland share overall style features with the northern Igbo masks of the Nri-Awka area, such as the white-faced "Maiden-Spirit Mask" Agbogho mmuo but the belief in Okorosia water spirits is borrowed from the Niger Delta to the south where water spirits abound.
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