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Masque facial anthropomorphe ·  R. D. Congo, Salampasu · ID: 3049324

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Provenance
Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Description

wood, rattan, grass fibre, base

Most likeley the present mask was called “kasangu” and belonged to a subdivision of the “mungongo” warrior society, called “ibuku”.

It is said that in order to be allowed to wear such a mask a warrior had to kill an enemy in combat.


Littérature comparée

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 320


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