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Excerpt from Sculpture of Northern Nigeria Stylistically the masks and figure carving of the eastern Igala may be characterized by the use of black and white coloring and by the consistent device of depicting the facial area as flat or slightly concave. A similarity to the carving styles of the ldoma and the northern Ibo, and to some masks of the Afo, is evident. More field work needs td be done before it will be pos sible to piece together with any certainty the reasons for this similarity. Two days a year are set aside to pay respect to the spirits of the dead. These days, one in the dry season and one in the rainy season, are called Ote Egu (literally: drinks for the spirits) and all Igala masks then appear. In addition some of the masks have other, more specialized functions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.