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exhibitions > past: African Art from Four Regions: Masks, Sculpture, and Ceremonial Objects from the Western Sudan, the Guinea Coast, Equatorial Africa, and the Congo Basin May 31 - July 27, 2002 (catalogue available) Foreword Introduction \| Thumbnails: 1 2 3 4 5

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	1 Mask (walu) Dogon peoples, Mali Wood, red, black, and white pigments, fiber, iron H: 22 in. (55.9 cm), W: 7 in. (17.8 cm) Provenance: Altschule Collection			2 Mask (dyommo) Dogon peoples, Mali Wood, blue and white pigments H: 14 in. (35.6 cm), W: 6 in. (15.2 cm)

	3 Figure (dege) Dogon peoples, Mali Wood H: 21 in. (53.3 cm), W: 3.25 in. (8.3 cm)			4 Figural door lock Bamana peoples, Mali Wood, iron H: 10.25 in. (26.1 cm), W: 11 in. (28 cm)

	5 Maskette Bamana peoples, Mali Wood, aluminum H: 4.5 in. (11.4 cm), W: 3.5 in. (8.9 cm)			6 Helmet mask (suruku) Bamana or Mandinka peoples, Mali Wood, red cotton fiber, metal wire L: 14.5 in. (36.8 cm), H: 10.25 in. (26 cm), D: 8.75 in. (22.2 cm)

	7 Helmet mask (kponyugu) Senufo peoples, Côte d'Ivoire Wood, red and black pigments L: 31 in. (78.7 cm), H: 15 in. (38.1 cm), W: 9 in. (22.9 cm) Provenance: Altschule Collection			8 Figure of a crocodile Probably Senufo peoples, Côte d'Ivoire Iron, organic materials L: 16.5 in. (41.9 cm), W: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

	9 Figure Senufo peoples, Côte d'Ivoire Wood H: 32 in. (81.3 cm), W: 4.5 in. (11.4 cm) Provenance: Altschule collection			10 Mask (nyangbai) Loma (or Toma) peoples, Liberia and Guinea Wood, pigments H: 22 in. (55.9 cm), W: 10.5 in. (26.7 cm)

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