Face mask

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Description

wood, blackish brown patina, asymmetrical facial features, carved teeth, vertical scarification marks, accentuated by red pigment, slightly dam., missing parts at the rim, min. insect caused damage, on pedestal;
used at circumcision rites when the initiates return to the village, often paired male/female.

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Littérature comparée

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 121, ill. 11

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