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Yam Mask

Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, Maprik Region, Abelam people, Yam Mask, 20th Century, Woven rattan fiber, balsa wood, polychrome pigment, 20.5 x 10 x 11.5 in., Hofstra University Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cedric H. Marks, HU73.76

Bayview Avenue

Japan, MarishiTen, 15th – 17th Century, Muromachi to Momoyama period, Wood with pigment, gold leaf, metal and glass, 20 x 11 ½ x 6 in., Hofstra University Museum of Art, Gift of Albert M. Baer, HU70.19

Africa, Nigeria, Ketu Region, Ineko, Latunji Mosudi, Yoruba people, Gelede Mask, c. 1950s, Wood, pigment, gourd, cowrie shells, and fiber, 27 5/8 x 13 x 14 ¼ in., Hofstra University Museum of Art, Gift of Josephine and Sol Levitt, HU98.20

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo,