Zemanek-Münster

Mask representing a foreigner "katoyo"

Angola, Chokwe
sold EUR 550
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany
Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch

Description

wood, middle brown patina, bonnet of plaited plant fibre strings, remains of a net-like knotted costume, leather strips, the pointed nose and protruding chin should caricature an European character, slightly dam., missing parts (above the mouth);
in public performances “katoyo” helped Chokwe communities to cope with the presence of outsiders and their new forms of political influence.


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