Masque "kifwebe", type féminin "kikashi" ·  R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3053566

Description

wood, pigments, copper sheet, rest. (metal clips), base

The labsence of a crest proves that this mask is of the rarer female type, called “kikashi”. They represent positive powers and are mainly used at masquerades taking place at night, for example at important moon ceremonies, or on the death of chief.

Publications

Eisenhofer, Stefan & Karin Guggeis, Afrikanische Kunst, München, Berlin 2002, p. 92, ill. 89