Couteau avec masque janiforme "kifwebe"
R. D. Congo, Songye, Kalebwe
Vendu
1 000 €
Provenance
Peter Loontjens, Kortrijk, BelgiumTaille
L: 39 cm
L: 15.4 inch
Description
wood, iron,
These knives belong to the context of the “bwadi bwa kifwebe” society.
The masks are completely covered with grooves and their features exaggerated into the manic.
For a knife with an almost identically designed distinctive mask face see AHDRC 0042300. Another one illustrated in Mestach,1985, p. 96, fig. 16.