Overture : a consideration of the fragment -- surface, renewal and identity -- 1. Weathering,
... restoration, and formal criticism : a Senufo figure (Poropya) / Till Forster -- 2. Youthful faces : an Ogoni mask (Elu) / Keith Nicklin -- 3. Renewable art of containment : a Djerma vessel / Frederick John Lamp -- 4. Surface as key to identity and place : an Egyptian relief / Thomas Kittredge -- 5. Mask of wisdom : a We mask (Gbona Gla) / Marie-Noel Verger-Fevre -- 6. Implements of temple ritual : an Egyptian amulet / Thomas Kittredge -- 7. body as billboard : Ndebele beadwork / Frederick John Lamp -- 8. ambiguity of gender : a Loma mask (Angbai) and cow-tail switch / Christian K. Hojbjerg -- 9. Embodying the ancestors : a Kota reliquary figure (Mbulu-Ngulu) / L. M. B. / Frederick John Lamp -- 10. Countering the evil eye : an Egyptian child's tunic / Anita Jones -- 11. bird is faraway meat : a Hausa hunter's headdress / Alice R. Burmeister -- 12. Masking, dancing, fighting : celebrating male aggression : an Igede/Ogoja headdress / Sidney Littlefield Kasfir -- 13. Gestures of healing : a Kongo fly whisk finial (Nsesa) / Robert Farris Thompson -- 14. illusion of lightness : a Baga/Nalu headdress (Banda) / Frederick John Lamp -- 15. Steps of aggression and peace : a Loma/Kpelle mask (Kpakologi Sinei) / Christian K. Hojbjerg -- 16. Protecting the body and spirit : a Luba neckrest / L. M. B. -- 17. We will fight you day or night : a Fante flag (Frankaa) / Doran H. Ross -- 18. speed and color of aggression : a Mossi mask (Wan-Zega) / Christopher Roy -- 19. Dancing the heat of life : a Pende mask / Z. S. Strother -- 20. Movement in a funerary procession : a Kuba mask (Ishyeen Imaalu) / David Binkley -- 21. transformation into spirit through a "constellation of arts" : a Dan mask (Tanke Ge) / Daniel Reed -- 22. Songs of insult : a Senufo headdress (Daagu) / Till Forster -- 23. Attracting the attention of the spirit : a Yoruba divination tapper and bowl / Frederick John Lamp -- 24. Tasting the sweetness of my songs : a Sukuma figure (Mabinda) / Frank Gunderson -- 25. world is fragile ... life should not be lived with force : a Yoruba headdress (Igi Gelede Onijakadi) / Babatunde Lawal -- 26. reading of a statement of power : Nupe door panels / Frederick John Lamp -- 27. When it lies behind you, take it : Akan goldweights (Abrammuo) 28. Man is like palm wine : a Kuba cup / L. M. B. -- 29. Personal and social messages : a Zulu beaded panel (Ubheshwana) / Carol Boram-Hays -- 30. Dream animals as a link to the spiritual world : a Bwa mask / Emily Hanna -- 31. Asye Usu can fall on you : a Baule figure (Asye Usu) / L. M. B. -- 32. military unit, the festival, the drama : an Ejagham mask / P. K. -- 33. spectacle of miracles : the Yoruba forest spirit mask (Aroni) / Henry John Drewal -- 34. many publics of the Bedu masquerade : Nafana male and female masks / Karel Arnaut -- 35. chorus of visual praise offerings : a Yoruba staff (Ose Shango) / Henry John Drewal -- 36. aura of power and mystery : an Asante figure (Akua'ba) / Herbert M. Cole -- 37. Sculptural biographies : a Lobi figure / Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi -- 38. spectacle of lineage and hierarchy : two Cameroon headdresses / Tamara Northern -- 39. Air and water, the vertical and horizontal, tradition versus transition : a Baga headdress (A-Bil-fia-Tshol) / Frederick John Lamp -- 40. Where is my mate? : the importance of complementarity : a Bamana headdress (Ciwara) / Stephen R. Wooten -- 41. Ideology of male of female movement : a Kuba mask (Ngady Mwaash) / David A. Binkley -- 42. Transcendent womanhood and the scavenger : a Mende mask (Ndoli Jowei) / Frederick John Lamp -- 43. Orienting the body : Egyptian viscera jars / Thomas Kittredge -- 44. Seeing between worlds : a Moba figure / Christine Mullen Kreamer -- 45. Spaces of inclusion and exclusion : and Ibibio/Annang mask / Jitt Saimons -- 46. You are the center, you are the village : a Pende rooftop figure (Kishikishi) / L. M. B. -- 47. It is the east that has power : Sapi stone and wood figures / Frederick John Lamp -- 48. Allenating the living from the dead : a Senufo mask (Ponyugu) / Till Forster -- 49. This opportunity to dance : Kuba textiles / L. M. B. -- 50. fleeting flamboyance of the warrior : Massal ornamentation / L. M. B. -- 51. Marking passage in momentary appearances : a Yao mask / Laurel Birch de Aguilar -- 52. Gendered seats - gendered space and time : a Lobi stool / Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi -- 53. Sun, fire, and variations on womanhood : a Baga/Bulubits mask (D'mba) / Frederick John Lamp -- 54. We cannot live without such beautiful things : weaving heddle pulleys / Frederick John Lamp -- 55. hidden power of status : a Kwele currency piece (Zong) / Frederick John Lamp -- 56. You haven't seen the wild beast : a Manding headdress (Komo Kun) / Frederick John Lamp -- 57. invisible scourer of the deep : a Mau mask (Komasu) / Marie-Noel Verger-Fevre -- 58. Substances and smells in the pursuit of evil : a Kongo figure (Nduda) / Wyatt MacGaffey -- 59. Blood sacrifice and the official memory : a Benin head / Frederick John Lamp -- 60. Fruitfulness, sensitivity, and the vow : a Pende mask (Kipoko) / L. M. B. / Frederick John Lamp -- 61. aroma of milk, the container, and the body : a Borana milk container (Gorfa) / Raymond A. Silverman -- 62. Idiom of clairvoyance, healing, and shared moral inquiry : a Kongo figure (Nkisi Iumweno) / Robert Farris Thompson -- 63. Cooling double trouble : Yoruba twin figures (Ere Ibeji) / Frederick John Lamp -- 64. welcome to the guest of God : a Gurage basketry table / Frederick John Lamp -- 65. Virtuous meats against sorcery : a Numu mask (Gbain) 66. Commenting upon critical beliefs and values : a Mali puppet (Jine-Faro) / Mary Jo Arnoldi -- 67. Celebrating virtuosity : a Dan female figure / Frederick John Lamp -- 68. Each performance is unique : a Lwena mask (Mwana wa Pwevo) / Elisabeth L. Cameron -- Afterword / Frances Harding. Read More