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Africa, West / 1991

Is there history in horizontal masks? : a preliminary response to the dilemma of form

Is there history in horizontal masks? : a preliminary response to the dilemma of form

The Smithsonian catalogs Is there history in horizontal masks? : a preliminary response to the dilemma of form as articles in its Masks records.

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The horizontal mask has never been examined cross-culturally in Africa. Although form and distribution studies are out of fashion in African art discourse, McNaughton argues that valid art historical questions can be raised by isolating one mask type, which occurs widely across West Africa and into Central Africa: the horizontal mask. More than one hundred examples of horizontal masks emerge from

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Masks and dates it 1991.

The horizontal mask has never been examined cross-culturally in Africa. Although form and distribution studies are out of fashion in African art discourse, McNaughton argues that valid art historical questions can be raised by isolating one mask type, which occurs widely across West Africa and into Central Africa: the horizontal mask. More than one hundred examples of horizontal masks emerge from

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Smithsonian InstitutionIs there history in horizontal masks? : a preliminary response to the dilemma of form

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