Click to open image viewer. The name of this mask, oloju foforo, means "the owner of the deep-set eyes," a reference to the cut holes through which the wearer sees. The form is unique to Osi-Ilorin, ...

Helmet masks, with or without elaborate superstructures, are found among the Opin and Ekiti of northeastern Yorubaland, are related to age-grades, and are generally identified in the literature as epa ...