Makishi: Mask Characters of Zambia

This exhibition of 24 wooden masks, selected from the collection of the Fowler Museum at UCLA, explores the complexity of the masquerades in which the masks are used.

More than one hundred makishi, or mask characters, figure in the remarkable masquerade traditions of a constellation of ethnic groups living in the “Three Corners” region of Zambia, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in central Africa. This exhibition runs from March 26 through June 29.