Fluidr / Tex Texin's "Masks" set

Skin covered mask

A Nikon D80 — 1/10s ƒ/2.8 ISO 320 at 32 mm

N 1 B 1.7K C 3 E Mar 8, 2008 F Mar 11, 2008

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Possibly Efik peoples, lower Cross River region
Calabar area, Nigeria
early 20th century
Wood, skin, plant fiber, bone, dye
skin covered masks are found only in southeastern Nigeria and western Cameroon

Tags: African Art Smithsonian Efik Calabar Nigeria skin mask Cameroon horns horned museum

Crest Mask

A Nikon D80 — 1/8s ƒ/2.8 ISO 320 at 28 mm

N 0 B 1.0K C 0 E Mar 8, 2008 F Mar 11, 2008

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Benin kingdom court style, Edo peoples, Nigeria
18th century
Copper alloy, iron
71.1 x 24.1 x 22.2 cm (28 x 9 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
2005-6-2, gift of Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (cat. no. 2)

Tags: Crest Mask African Art Smithsonian Edo Nigeria Copper Iron Benin museum

Skin covered mask

A Nikon D80 — 1/10s ƒ/2.8 ISO 320 at 40 mm

N 0 B 779 C 0 E Mar 8, 2008 F Mar 11, 2008

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Tags: African Art Smithsonian Efik Calabar Nigeria Cameroon skin masks museum

Chinese masks

A Nikon D80 — 1/60s ƒ/4 ISO 200 at 24 mm

N 1 B 1.1K C 6 E Jan 4, 2008 F Jan 7, 2008

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Hotel provided fire mask

A Nikon D80 — 1/50s ƒ/3.5 ISO 640 at 44 mm

N 0 B 252 C 0 E Jun 21, 2010 F Jul 4, 2010

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My hotel in Shanghai had 2 of these in the clothes closet, for use in case of fire.

Tags: hotel fire mask safety Shanghai china