Beautiful balance for this African mask Ngbaka whose concave center offers cowries figuring the eyes. The narrow mouth is incised into the end of the chin, under which grooves could indicate a beard. A striped band crosses the forehead vertically, recalling certain scarifications of the group. Black patina, clear grainy residue. Abrasions and desiccation cracks. Tribe settled on the left bank of the Ubangui, the Ngbaka practice agriculture, and their artistic achievements were inspired by those of the neighboring tribes Ngbandi and Ngombe , with a distinctive feature however, the line of the forehead dotted with linear keloids. They are organized in tribes without political unity, under the tutelage of the chief wan and worship a god named Gale through the worship rendered to the spirits of nature. Young people are prepared for adult life through rituals called " gaza" and trained by ancient initiates, the bugaza. Their statues usually represent the primordial ancestors Setu and his sister Nabo and are placed on altars for propitiatory rites.
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