Circular mask of the "ekanga" society

D. R. Congo, Yela

sold EUR 600

Provenance

Old British Collection

Size

D: 22,5 cm / 24,5 cm

D: 8.9 inch / 9.6 inch

Description

wood, pigments,
According to M. L. Felix these circular masks are kept in a special basket in the meeting lodge of the very secret “ekanga” society.

For a comparable object see AHDRC 0035297.

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 199, ill. 8

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