Mask - Textile and cowrie shells. Grasslands region of Cameroon, 20th century. This is an elephant mask, performed by members of one of the powerful and occasionally violent place societies who are held to have the power to change into wild animals.

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Mask - Textile and cowrie shells. Grasslands region of Cameroon, 20th century. This is an elephant mask, performed by members of one of the powerful and occasionally violent place societies who are held to have the power to change into wild animals.

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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: africa, african, archival, archive, art, cameroon, cowrie, elephant, grasslands, historical, history, mask, region, shells, textile, west