EXHIBITION
DEDICATED TO THE URHOBO PEOPLE OF
Perkins Foss, Ph. D.
Guest Curator
Ohworhu Water Spirit Festival in Urnenurhie
This resting masked dancer was photographed at the Ohworhu water spirit festival in Urnenurhie,. The mask has been painted a red-orange, a color that may allude to the oral tradition that these masks were originally of a copper alloy. (Photograph by Perkins Foss, 1972) |