Masque féminin avec labret, avant 1914 · Tanzanie, District de Lindi ou Rovuma, Makondé / Mwera · ID: 3047006
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Provenance
Old German Colonial CollectionDescription
wood, pigments, old collection label “Frauenmaske (Makonde) DOA”, base
A work by the same artist was auctioned at Zemanek-Münster on 22 September 2007 (cf. AHDRC 0086531).
According to Weule (1909) masks of the Makonde represent ghosts (“midimu”). This mask is identified as female type by the lip peg “pelele”.
The masks generally appeared at the end of circumcision rites, when the young boys and girls returned from the bush camps.
The masquerades fulfilled ritual as well as educational functions.
Littérature comparée
Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p.434 ff.