Mask with horns "eluba"

D. R. Congo, Bembe II - Eastern Bembe

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Provenance

Belgian Private Collection

Size

H: 67,5 cm

H: 26.6 inch

Description

wood, polychrome paint,

Present mask type was worn by initiated boys while begging for food in the village during the seclusion period.

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 11, ill. 9

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