In the 1990s, while studying at the University of Iowa, Brant Bollman became fascinated by the way African masks were treated in museums. These masks, once powerful talismans of community, wrapped in dance, ritual, music, and story, were stripped of their cultural context. The raffia fiber costumes and intricate narratives that gave them meaning were...

In the 1990s, while studying at the University of Iowa, Brant Bollman became fascinated by the way African masks were treated in museums. These masks, once powerful talismans of community, wrapped in dance, ritual, music, and story, were stripped of their cultural context. The raffia fiber costumes and intricate narratives that gave them meaning were...

In the 1990s, while studying at the University of Iowa, Brant Bollman became fascinated by the way African masks were treated in museums. These masks, once powerful talismans of community, wrapped in dance, ritual, music, and story, were stripped of their cultural context. The raffia fiber costumes and intricate narratives that gave them meaning were...

In the 1990s, while studying at the University of Iowa, Brant Bollman became fascinated by the way African masks were treated in museums. These masks, once powerful talismans of community, wrapped in dance, ritual, music, and story, were stripped of their cultural context. The raffia fiber costumes and intricate narratives that gave them meaning were...