Masque de la société "n-khanda" · R. D. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3050278
Description
wood, fabric, colour pigments, base
The Yaka use various types of masks that appear at the “coming-out” festivities of the boys after the end of their period of seclusion.
Bourgeois reports: ’the Northern Yaka use a series of eight dance masks… The most important are the first and the last: “kambaandzya” and “kholuka”. The masks that appear between them – in pairs – are called “tsekedi”, “myondo” and “ndeemba”.
It is hardly possible to determine the masks precisely. In any case, they are worn by the newly initiated, and sometimes also by an “n-khanda” official, the head of the ceremony.
According to Graeve, this mask could be classifed as “kaambandzya”.
“Kaambandzya” is regarded as the patron and founder of initiation and circumcision, and his mask is considered the oldest.
L’objet Masque de la société “n-khanda” numéro d’objet 3050278, a fait partie de la Collectors’ Items Sale du 24 septembre 2025. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 303 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 900 €.
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Littérature comparée
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 189, 175 a Detlev von Graeve, Yaka - Drei Masken für festliche Auftritte - Kaambandzya, 29. Mai 2016