Mask "tundu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, prominent tubular eyes and open-worked mouth with pointed teeth, plant fibre beard, bonnet from raffia bast, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion;
“tundu”, the male clown and its female counterpart “gandumbu” were not originally worked in wood. The oldest villagers remember when both wore sacks of raffia pulled over the head, with crude holes for the eyes.