Mask "mwana pwo" ·  Zambie, Tchokwé · ID: 3034995

Description

wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, broad face, separately worked wooden splinters as teeth, facial scarifications, pierced around the rim, small missing parts through insect caused damage, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, socle:
depicting a female ancestor, whereupon the Chokwe distinguish two characters: “pwo”, a mature, adult woman and “mwana pwo”, the younger female. Masks with few scarification details are more often said to represent the younger character. The “pwo” mask type appears during boy’s “mukanda” initiation. In the performed dances the roles of women in Chokwe society is characterized. The mask type is always danced by men, who already have reached the highest stage of initiation.

L’objet Mask “mwana pwo” avec l’ID d’objet 3034995 a fait partie de l’enchère 73rd tribal art auction en 25 mai 2013 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 458.

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Yale Archive No. 0006625 (comparable object)