Masquerade dancer behind a cloth, Bongase, 1967

A Ligbi man from Bongase wearing masquerade regalia is partially hidden from view by men carrying a cloth as they walk between thatch-roofed houses en route to the space where the masqueraders will perform. He wears a carved wooden "mbong" (baboon in Ligbi) mask. Scholars refer to this masking tradition as "Do" while locally it is termed "Bedu." For additional details, see Bravmann, René A. (1974) "Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa" (Cambridge University Press), pp. 147-177. Bongase, December, 1967.

Creator

• Dr. René A. Bravmann

Subject

• Masquerades
• Wood carvings
• Textiles
• Chickens
• Ligbi language
• Masks

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Keyword

• Baboon
• Bedu
• Do

Date created

• 1967-12

Relation

•  http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/c9ff606d-31d6-4235-8ebc-73efa5880e21
•  http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/815076f4-31d2-40f3-a849-c0839193234b

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Bongase

Coordinates

• 8.238039, -2.276274

Provider

• Dr. René A. Bravmann

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2019-09-24

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Year

• 1967

Permalink

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