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Face mask "minyangi" ·  D. R. Congo, Pende Kasai, Pende (East) · ID: 3032311

Vendu 1 000 €
Provenance
Jean-Pierre Lepage, Brussels, Belgium (1978)
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland

Description

wood, painted in red, darkened kaolin, arching brows, nose bridge and triangular tattoos accentuated with kaolin, slightly dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (above all backside);
present mask type is completed by an abundant grass fibre beard and feather ornaments. According to F. Neyt the medicine man “nganga” orders the masquerade of the “minyangi” masks in case of virulent illnesses or repeated abortion. It is worn by woman from the chiefs house.


Littérature comparée

Sousberghe, L., L' Art Pende, o.O. 1958, ill. 72 f.


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