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12/21/12

Scarification

Photo archives Barbier Mueller, Geneva

12/15/12

Tribesman, Belgian Congo
Eliot Elisofon, 1947

7/2/12

Gabon, Kwele

-Formerly Tristan Tzara Collection. Now in Musee Barbier-Mueller, Geneva

"Kwele masks are very rare and their function is virtually unknown. Some show no signs of having been worn and may have been displayed only on ceremonial occasions."
MOMA

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