Mask board ·  R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3032722

Description

wood, brown patina, kaolin, black paint, a mask face of the “kifwebe” type superimposed in the centre, min. dam., traces of abrasion;
they have a dual function: first as a dance mask and secondly as an emblem of the “bifwebe” association to be hung to a wall or fence.

Littérature comparée

Felix, Marc L., Beauty and the beasts, New Jersey 2003, p. 53