Big mask "sachihongo" ·  Zambia, Mbunda · ID: 3043050

Description

light brown wood, polychrome paint, characteristic features: eyebrows in concentrical grooves, accentuated cheeks, open mouth with visible teeth, min. dam., missing parts, cracks, paint rubbed off in parts, base.
“Sachihongo” has been described as the incarnation of a hunter and/or diviner, but probably represents a chiefly ancestral character. The masks appear after the circumcision of young boys, during times of convalescence in the bush camps. The mask is completed by a crown of feathers, fiber beard and a net suit, made of the fibers of the “mushamba” tree.

The object Big mask “sachihongo” with the object ID 3043050 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 504.

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Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L. & Manuel Jordan, Makishi Lya Zambia, München 1998, p. 223 ff.