Masque facial "eluba" ou "emangungu" ·  R. D. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3052607

Description

wood, pigments, rest.

Present mask type is used at circumcision rites by the “butende bwa eluba” society. The eyes should remind on an owl, which is said to have close connections to the spirits of nature.

“Eluba" is worn by initiated boys when, during the period of seclusion, they roam through the village to beg for food.

Littérature comparée

Herreman, Frank & Constantijn Petridis (ed.), Face of the Spirits, Tervuren 1993, p. 184 f.