Masque rond de la société "ekanga" ·  R. D. Congo, Yela · ID: 3045721

Description

wood, pigments,
According to M. L. Felix these circular masks are kept in a special basket in the meeting lodge of the very secret “ekanga” society.

For a comparable object see AHDRC 0035297.

Littérature comparée

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 199, ill. 8