Panneau en forme de bouclier "kalengula" avec masque "kifwebe" ·  R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3053401

Description

wood, pigments, base

In his treatise on Songye sculpture, Mestach reports on a panel with a carved “kifwebe” mask from the Kabalo region in the Kinshasa museum. It is designated as the guardian of the mask house (“kiobo”) and bears the
designation “kalengula” - “mask that does not dance”.

Littérature comparée

Maurer, Evan, The Intelligence of Forms, Minneapolis 1991, p. 63, ill. 32 Mestach, Jean Willy, Songye Studien, München 1985, p. 63