Initiating Mask
Pende · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reference: MFANT-225
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- Height
- 24 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Initiation mask that breaks with the usual morphology of masks hangs. Its black and white polychrome indicates the difference between darkness and light, day and night,…
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Full original description
Initiation mask that breaks with the usual morphology of masks hangs. Its black and white polychrome indicates the difference between darkness and light, day and night, before and after, and between good and evil, different aspects of life that young people must know about their stage of formation. Time skate.
Further technical information
- Width
- 13 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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