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Alagba in Limbo
Steel, wood, paint, feather dusters. 1996
Collection of the artist

If masquerade players falter, spectators take this as a sign that the gods have deserted them. Masqueraders may be stripped of their costumes, at which point their human failings and missteps are exposed to ridicule.

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