Mask ·  Angola, Ngangela · ID: 3035717

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, human hair, miniature glass beads, rotan bonnet, covered with coarse sacking, remains of a net-like knotted costume, pierced around the rim, rep. (breakage left side), tears (bonnet), slight traces of abrasion, base;
the Ngangela are an ethnic group numbering about 50,000 people. They have their homeland on the banks of the Cubango River in the central Highlands of Angola, to the north- and to the southwest of Chitembo. Their masks and art works are heavily influenced by the Chokwe, the former being mainly produced of plant fibres, twigs, and barks, but also of wood.

Comparing literature

Utotombo - L'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges, Bruxelles 1988, p. 102