African Masks, Tribal Art and Sculptures

Abbreviations:

• R B – river basin
• f. - formerly
• N, S, W, E - North, South, West, East
• C - central
• DRC – Democratic Republic of Congo

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
ABAHA (Ha) Tanzania
ABOMEY Benin (f. Rep. of Dahomey)
ABRON Ghana
ADIOUKROU Ivory Coast
AFIKPO (Ibo) Nigeria, E
AFO Nigeria, Benue R B
AGNI (Anyi) Ivory Coast
ALAGYA Ivory Coast
ALANGUA (Ebrie) Ivory Coast
AMBETE Congo Brazzaville
ANYANG Nigeria E
ANYI (Agni) Ivory Coast
ASHANTI (Asante) Ghana
ASHIRA Gabon, Ogowe R B
ATTIE Ivory Coast
AZANDE Central Africa

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B
BABANKI (Bekom) Cameroon, Grassland
BABEMBE Congo Brazzaville, Lower Congo B
and DRC, Lualaba R B
BABINDJI DRC, S
BABUYE DRC, Lualaba R B
BACHOKWE (Chokwe) Angola, N and DRC, S
BAFO Cameroon, Grasslands
BAGA Guinea Bissau
BAGARA Sudan, C
BAHOLO DRC, S
BAHOLOHOLO DRC, Lualaba R B
BAHUANA (Bahuangana) DRC, S
BAHUANGANA (Bahuana) DRC, S
BAKELE DRC, S
BAKETE DRC, S
BAKOTA (Kota) Gabon, Ogowe R B
BAKUBA (Kuba), (Bushongo) DRC, S
BAKUNDU Cameroon, Grasslands
BAKWELE (Kwele) Congo Brazzaville
BALALI Gabon, S
BALEGA (Warega, Warenga) DRC, E
BALI Cameroon, Grasslands
BALUBA (Luba) DRC S-E, Lualaba R B
BALUMBO Gabon
BALWAWA DRC, S
BAMANA (Bambara) Mali
BAMBALA DRC, S
BAMBARA (Bamana) Mali
BAMBOLE DRC
BAMILEKE Cameroon, Grasslands
BAMUM (Bamoum) Cameroon, Grasslands
BANE Gabon, Ogowe R B
BANGWA Cameroon, Grasslands
BANKANU DRC, S
BAPENDE WEST DRC, S
BAPENDE EAST DRC, S
BAPUNU (Punu) Gabon, Ogowe R B
BARI Sudan, S
BAROTSE (Lozi) Zambia / b.Zimbabwe
BASALAMPASU (Salampasu) DRC, S
BASA-NGE Nigeria, Benue R B
BASA KOMO Ivory Coast
BASHILELE DRC, S
BASHOBWA DRC, S
BASIKASINGO DRC, Lualaba R B
BASOLONGO Angola
BASONGYE (Songye) DRC, Lualaba R B
BASSA Liberia
BASUKU DRC, S-W, Inzia R B
BASUNDI DRC, Lower Congo B
BATABWA DRC, Lualaba R B
BATEKE-FUMU Congo Brazz., Lower Congo B
BATEKE-SISE Congo Brazz., Lower Congo B
BATETELA DRC, Lualaba R B
BATHONGA (Tonga) South Africa
BAULE Ivory Coast
BAULE-ATUTU Ivory Coast
BAULE-YAURE Ivory Coast
BAVILI Congo Braz, Lower Congo B and Angola
BAVUVI Gabon, Ogowe R B
BAWONGO DRC, S
BAWOYO DRC, Lower Congo B
BAYAKA DRC, S
BEEMBE Congo Brazz.
BEKOM (Babanki) Cameroon, Grasslands
BEMBE DRC / b.Burundi and Tanzania
BENA BIOMBO DRC, S
BENA KANIOKA DRC, S
BENA LULUA (Luluwa) DRC, S
BETE Ivory Coast
BETI (Pangwe) Gabon, Ogowe R B
BETSILEO Madagascar, C
BETSIMISARAKA Madagascar
BIJOGO (Bidyogo) Guinea Bissau, off shore islands
BINI Nigeria, W
BINJI DRC, S
BLACK-BOBO Burkina Faso / b.Mali
BOA DRC,N
BOBO-FING Burkina Faso / b.Mali
BOBO-ULE (Red Bobo, Bwa) Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast
BOKYI Nigeria, E
BONGO Sudan, S,
BONI Somalia/b.Ethiopia
BOYO DRC, E
BOZO Mali
BRON Ghana
BUDJA DRC, Lualaba R B
BULU Gabon, Ogowe R B
BUMA DRC, S
BUSHONGO (Bakuba), (Kuba) DRC, S
BWA (Red Bobo, Bobo-Ule) Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast
BWAKA (Ngbaka) DRC, N
BWENDE DRC

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C
CHAMBA Nigeria, Benue R B
CHOKWE (Bachokwe) Angola and DRC, S

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D
DAGARI Burkina Faso
DAKAKARI Nigeria
DAN Ivory Coast
DENGESE DRC, S
DEY Liberia
DING DRC/b.Angola
DINKA Sudan
DJENNE Mali
DJIMINI Ivory Coast, Mali and Burkina Faso
DOE Tanzania
DOGON Mali
DONDO-KAMBA Congo Brazz. and DRC
DUALA Cameroon, Grasslands

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E
EBRIE (Alangua) Ivory Coast
EJAGHAM (Ekoi) Nigeria, E / bord.Cameroon
EKOI (Ejagham) Nigeria, E / bord.Cameroon
EWE Togo

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F
FANG Gabon, Ogowe R B, Equatorial Africa and Cameroon
FANTE Ghana
FON Rep. of Benin (f. Rep. of Dahomey)

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G
GALOA Gabon
GANDA Uganda
GATO Ethiopia
GERE-WOBE (We) Ivory Coast
GIO Liberia
GIRAYAMA Kenya
GOEMAI Nigeria, Benue R B
GOLA Liberia
GREBO Liberia
GRUNSHI Ghana
GUERZE (Ngere) Ivory Coast
GURAGE Ethiopia, S
GURU (Guro) Ivory Coast

• Elephant Mask
• Bird Mask
• Snake Mask

GURUNSI Burkina Faso (f. Upper Volta), S

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H
HA (Abaha) Tanzania
HANSA Nigeria
HAYA (Wassiba) Tanzania
HAM (Jaba) Nigeria, Benue R B
HEMBA DRC, E
HOLOHOLO DRC, E
HUNDE DRC/b.Rwanda
HUNGAAN DRC, S-W

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I
IBIBIO Nigeria, E, Cross River Area
IBIBIO-ANANG Nigeria, E
IBIBIO-ORON Nigeria, E
IBO (Afikpo) Nigeria, E
IBO-AFIKPO Nigeria, E
IDOMA Nigeria, Benue R B
IGALA Nigeria, Benue R B
IGBIRA Nigeria, Benue R B
IJO Nigeria, E
IMBANGALA Angola
ISHAN Nigeria, W

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J
JABA (Ham) Nigeria, Benue R B
JONGA DRC
JUKUN Nigeria, Benue R B

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K
KAFFA Ethiopia, S
KAKA Nigeria, Benue R B
KALABARI Nigeria, E
KALUNDWE DRC, S-E
KAMBA Kenia, S
KAMBATTA Ethiopia, S
KANA (Ogoni) Nigeria, S-E, Niger Delta
KANTANA (Mama) Nigeria, Benue R B
KANYOK DRC, S-E
KARAMAJONG Kenya and Uganda (nomadic)
KASAI DRC, S-E
KASONGO DRC, S-E
KEAKA Nigeria, E
KETE DRC, S
KIKUYU Kenya, S-W
KISSI Guinea Bissau
KONGO Gabon/b.Congo Brazz.
KONO Guinea Bissau
KONSO Etiopia
KORO Nigeria , C
KORUBMA Burkina Faso (f. Upper Volta)
KOTA (Bakota) Nigeria, Ogowe R B
KPELLE Liberia
KRU Ivory Coast
KUBA (Bakuba), (Bushongo) DRC, S
KULANGO Ivory Coast
KURUMBA-NIONIOSI Burkina Faso (f. Upper Volta)
KUSU DRC, S
KUYU Congo Brazz., Lover Congo B
KWAFI Kenya, S-W
KWESE DRC, S-W

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L
LANDUMAN Guinea Bissau
LEGA DRC, E
LELE DRC
LENGOLA DRC
LEUNA Angola
LIGBE Ghana
LIMBA Sierra Leone
LOANGO (Vili) Gabon and DRC
LOBI Burkina Faso (f.Upper Volta)
LOI DRC , N
LOMA (Toma) Liberia
LOMWE Malawi / b. Mozambique
LOZI (Barotse) Zambia / b.Zimbabwe
LUBA (Baluba) DRC, Lualaba R B
LULUA DRC, S
LULUWA (Bena Lulua) DRC, S
LUNTU DRC,C
LWALWA DRC/b.Angola

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M
MAHAFALY Madagascar, S
MAHONGWE Gabon, Ogowe R B
MAKONDE Tanzania, S and Mozambique, N
MALINKE Mali
MAMA (Kantana) Nigeria, Benue R B
MAMBILA Nigeria, Benue R B
MANGBETU DRC, N
MARKA Mali
MASAI Kenya, Tanzania
MASHANGO Gabon, Ogowe R B
MASUBIA Botswana
MAWIA (Wamawia) Mozambique
MBALA DRC, S-W
MBEMBE Cameroon/b.Nigeria
MBGANI DRC/b.Angola
MBOMA DRC
MBUNDA Zambia, W
MBUUN DRC, S
MENDE Sierra Leone
METOKO Sierra Leone
MFINU DRC, S
MITSOGHO Gabon, Ogowe R B
MONTOL Nigeria, Benue R B
MOSSI Burkina Faso (f. Upper Volta)
MUMUYE Nigeria, Benue R B

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N
NAFANA Ivory Coast
NALU Guinea Bissau
NANDE DRC, E
NDENGESE DRC, S
NGALA DRC, N
NGBAKA ( Bwaka) DRC, N
NGBANDI DRC,N
NGERE (Guerze) Ivory Coast
NGERE-WOBE Ivory Coast
NGOMBE DRC, Lualaba R B
NKANU DRC and Angola
NOK Nigeria
NTOMBA DRC
NUBA Sudan
NUNA Burkina Faso, C
NUPE Nigeria, Benue R B
NYORO Uganda

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O
OGONI (Kana) Nigeria, S-E, Niger Delta
OMETO Ethiopia
ONDURMAN Sudan
OVIMBUNDU Angola, W
OWO Nigeria

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P
PANGWE (Beti) Gabon, Ogowe R B
PENDE DRC/b.Angola
PERE DRC, E
PINDA Angola (Atlantic coast)
PINDI DRC, S-W
POMDO Sierra Leone
PUNU(Bapunu) Gabon, Ogowe R B

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R
RED BOBO (Bobo-Ule, Bwa) Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast
RUNGU DRC,E

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S
SAKALAVA Madagascar, W
SALAMPASU (Basalampasu) DRC, S
SENUFO (Siena) Ivory Coast
SHANKADI DRC, S-E
SHERBRO Sierra Leone
SHI DRC/b.Rwanda
SHILLUK Sudan, S
SHONA Zimbabwe
SIDAMO Ethiopia, S
SIENA (Senufo) Ivory Coast
SONGYE DRC, Lualaba R B
SOLONGO Angola
SOMALI Somalia/ b.Ethiopia
SONINKE Mali
SUKU DRC/ b.Angola
SUSU (Sousou) Guinea Bissau

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T
TABWA DRC, E
TEKE DRC and Congo Brazz.
TEMNE Sierra Leone
TIKAR Cameroon, Grasslands
TIV Nigeria, Benue R B
TOMA (Loma) Liberia
TONGA South Africa
TSOGHO Gabon
TSONGA Mozambique, C
TUSSIAN Burkina Faso (f. Upper Volta)
TWA Rwanda and Burundi

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U
URHOBO Nigeria, W

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V
VAI (Wei) Liberia
VERE Cameroon
VILI (Loango) DRC
VUVI (Bavuvi) Gabon, Ogowe R B

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W
WABENDE Tanzania
WABONDEI Tanzania
WAGOGO Tanzania
WAKEREWE Tanzania
WAMAWIA (Mawia) Mozambique
WAMUERA Tanzania
WANYAMWEZI Tanzania
WAREGA (Balega) DRC, E
WASHAMBALA Tanzania
WASSIBA (Haya) Tanzania
WASSUKUMA Tanzania
WAZARAMO Tanzania
WAYAYO Mozambique
WE (Gere-Wobe) Ivory Coast
WEI (Vai) Liberia
WIDEKUM Nigeria, E
WONGO DRC, S
WOYO DRC
WURKUM Nigeria, Benue R B
WUTE Cameroon

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Y
YABASSI Gabon, Ogowe R B
YAKA DRC/ b.Angola
YANZI DRC, S
YAUNDE Gabon, Ogowe R B
YAO Malawi
YELA DRC
YOMBE DRC
YORUBA Benin (f. Rep. of Dahomey) and Nigeria
YORUBA-EKITI Nigeria, W

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Z
ZANDE DRC, N and Sudan, S
ZELA DRC
ZIMBU DRC, E
ZOMBO DRC and Angola
ZULA DRC
ZULU South Africa