But the mask turned out to be a rare piece of African art — a 19th-century Ngil mask used in rituals by the Fang people in Gabon, with only a handful of such pieces in existence. Only about a ...

In the realm of the spirit world, the mask ... hunting rituals: the desire to embody or perhaps appease the spirit of the prey. For more than 20 years photographer Phyllis Galembo has traveled ...