Dance club "ebongo" ·  R. D. Congo, Kuyu · ID: 3034590

Description

wood, polychrome paint, small nail holes at the back, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, metal socle;
used for the so-called “kébé-kébé” snake dance, which finished the initiation of young boys.The head sculptures were attached to staffs, which the dancers held high above their heads. Their bodies were completely concealed by long costumes and the heads abundantly decorated with feathers.

Littérature comparée

Kerchache, Jacques, Paudrat, Jean-Louis u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, p. 579