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Deformation mask "mbuya ya mbangu" ·  D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3049535

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Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch

Description

wood, light green dyed kaolin, black colour, plant fibre, base

The mask represents a face distorted by a paralysis of the facial nerve.

The Pende believe that the person in question is a victim of sorcery, bewitched by a rival who, out of jealousy, has inflicted a disease / deformity on him.


The object Deformation mask “mbuya ya mbangu” with the object ID 3049535 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 339.

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Comparing literature

Herreman, Frank, To cure and protect, New York 1999, p. 20 f., 9-11


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