Shield-shaped panel "kalengula" with "kifwebe" mask ·  R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3052049

Description

wood, pigments, collection label “3/5”

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
inscription “kalengula” - “mask that does not dance”.

Littérature comparée

Mestach, Jean Willy, Songye Studien, München 1985, p. 63