Yet in much of Africa, such face coverings masks have a different meaning and ... he describes as "a technique of lines, patterns and symbols which evolves around telling the tales and identity ...

Twelve contemporary artists have examined those venerable symbols and their meanings, but through a modern prism, in the new exhibit "Disguise: Masks & Global African Art" at the Fowler Museum at ...

listed for sale an ancient African mask, which had been inherited from Mr. Fournier’s grandfather. The grandfather, René-Victor Edward Maurice Fournier, had served as a colonial governor in ...

An antiques dealer who sold a rare African mask for $4.6 million won a legal battle with the elderly couple who sold it to him for $165 without realizing the treasure’s actual worth. A French ...