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A Western Songye kifwebe mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo.…
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A Western Songye kifwebe mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This female kifwebe mask is carved from a single piece of wood with heavy linear incisions. Female masks are associated with the moon and are worn for moon rituals as well as during funerals and initiation rites. The mask has wide rectangular slit-shaped eyes, a jutting triangular nose, and a protruding trapezoidal mouth. There are traces of kaolin pigment within some of the inset grooves, indicating the original colouring of the mask. Wear and losses to the wood from heavy handling implies age. On custom wooden stand. Mask height 27 cm, width 17 cm, depth 13 cm, on stand height 45 cm. Provenance: Lim-Strutt collection, Aotearoa
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Tribal: African