Facial Mask Ndimia

In these masks, it dominates a white pigmentation over which large eyebrows in the form of a swallow stand out with the wings deployed, small eyes and small mouth slightly ajar. Triangular nose in the form of T It's a female mask, it's the female entity. moghonziand is considered the woman of the chimpanzee mask.It appears in the daytime rites of Bwiti society, in the rites of passage of the neophytes, in the rites of death and in the rites of mourning.

These masks, which bear the color of the deceased, participate in funerals. When they are out of use they are stored in the meeting house of the initiates, the ebanza. These masks have a great resemblance to those of their neighbors the Vuvi. this mascra that breaks a little with the classic canon has a quite rectangular appearance. It is made of clear wood with traces of polychrome, surely kaoli. Remains of vegetable fibers that served to hold the dress, for which it carries holes in the entire contour.