African mask of the northern Yaka, with a handle, whose face is surrounded by a raised border. The Zombo also used similar masks sculpted by the Yaka. Height on base: 50 cm. Matte patina. Hierarchical and authoritarian, composed of fearsome warriors, the Yaka society was governed by lineage chiefs with the right of life and death over their subjects. Hunting and the prestige that comes from it are an opportunity these days for the Yaka to invoke the ancestors and resort to rituals using charms linked to the "khosi" institution. The initiation society for young people is the n-khanda, which is found among the eastern Kongo (Chokwe, Luba, etc.), and which uses various charms and masks in order to ensure a vigorous lineage. (C.M.Faïk-Nzuji, The Power of the Sacred ; Yaka , Arthur P.Bourgeois)
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