Animal mask intervening during specific dances. Its zoomorphic character evokes the spirits of the forest. Dark flaking patina, pigmented highlights, erosions and desiccation cracks. A tribe of the Kota group, the Kwélé, Bakwélé, live in the forest on the northern border of the Republic of Congo. They live from hunting, agriculture and metallurgy. Practicing the cult called Bwété borrowed from the Ngwyes, which was accompanied by obligatory initiation rites, at the end of the ceremonies they used ekuk masks evoking the antelope whose horns meet in a loop under the chin. The blood of the antelope was also used among the Kwélé for therapeutic purposes. They produce rare statues linked to the initiation rites of young people.
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