Using banana leaves to create these masks gives a sustainable twist to the traditional craft. Not only is this method ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, the traditional masks of sub-Saharan Africa motivated artists such as Picasso and Matisse to remake the human form. A century later, these masks have become a ...

Extracted from: Africa in Soviet studies (Moscow) 1985, pages 120-132. Translated from the Russian, Narody Asii i Afriki no. 3, 1983.