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Photo prise dans les annees 30 du debarcadere et de vedettes a moteurs employes par les europeens pour leurs deplacements en Cote d'Ivoire, Afrique occidentale francaise (AOF). L'Afrique occidentale francaise (AOF) etait une federation groupant, entre 1895 a 1958, huit colonies francaises d'Afrique de l'Ouest: la Mauritanie, le Senegal, le Soudan francais (devenu Mali), la Guinee, la Cote d'Ivoire, le Niger, la Haute-Volta (devenue Burkina Faso) et le Dahomey (devenu Benin).
Picture taken in the 30s of crafts used by europeans for their trips, in the French West Africa (AOF). AOF was a federation created in 1895 of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, Niger, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Dahomey (now Benin). / AFP PHOTO

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Although in the form of a gazelle these mask headdresses actually depict and are

Although in the form of a gazelle these mask headdresses actually depict and are called by the name of a specific dead elder. They are danced at the culmination of the mourning period to draw his soul away from the village. Country of Origin: Burkina Faso. Culture: Kurumba. Material Size: Wood, shells, metal, h=117.8 cms. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive / Schindler Collection, New York. Location: 43

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