Big mask "sachihongo" · Zambia, Mbunda · ID: 3045329
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Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanySize
H: 48 cm
B: 46 cm
H: 18.9 inch
B: 18.1 inch
Description
wood, red pigment, traces of kaolin,
The masks appear after the circumcision of young boys, during times of convalescence in the bush camps.
Although the practice was likely established far earlier, masked dances of the Mbunda were recorded by European observers beginning in the 1870s. In 2005 this performative tradition was added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.