Face mask ·  Sambia, Chokwe, Lwena (Lovale) · ID: 3037838

Description

wood, slightly shiny reddish brown patina, kaolin, thorn-like projecting forehead, the facial plane below flattened, narrow slit bean-shaped eyes in oval cavities, a slightly opened mouth with jagged teeth and whitened lips, chin beard from human hair, fixed through drilled holes at the chin, indigenous attachment with rattan strips, net-like bonnet from plant fibre with eight fibre bunches attached, drilled holes in the area of the projecting odd ears, slightly dam., minor missing parts (right ear, nose tip, teeth, chin), scratches, abrasion of paint, base