African mask of initiation hangs with wide eyes under thick arched eyelids, a realistic nose and a barely marked mouth in a curved jaw. The face is haloed with raffia, feathers, and is extended by a textile hood. Height on base: 56 cm. Beautiful satin black patina imprinted with residual ocher and white pigments. Erosions and abrasions. The Western Pende live on the banks of the Kwilu, while the Eastern ones have settled on the banks of the Kasai downstream from Tshikapa. The influence of neighboring ethnic groups, Mbla, Suku, Wongo, Leele, Kuba and Salempasu is imprinted on their large sculpture of tribal art. Within this diversity, the Mbuya masks, realistic, produced every ten years, take on a festive function, and embody different characters that are difficult to differentiate without their costume, including the chief fumu or ufumu, the diviner and his wife, the prostitute, the jester, tundu, the possessed, etc... Mbuya initiation masks related to initiation mukanda and those of power, the minganji, represent the ancestors and occur successively during the same ceremonies, agricultural festivals, initiation rituals and mukanda circumcision , enthronement of the chief. (Art and Life in Africa, C.D. Roy; "Pende" Strother)
280.00 € Possibility of payment in 2x (2x 140.0 €) This item is sold with its certificate of authenticity
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