Mboyo Female Mask
Pende
Reference: MFANT-7
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- Height
- 35 cm
- Material
- Wood and raffia
Black female mask. This mask is a female mask, representing the flirtation of women.Two lines of eyebrows superimposed formed by large grooves carved on the forehead,…
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Full original description
Black female mask.
This mask is a female mask, representing the flirtation of women.Two lines of eyebrows superimposed formed by large grooves carved on the forehead, on a caricatureally human black face. The eyes simulated by large openings that facilitate the view of the doorknob. In the ocular orbit, bordered by white, protruding eyebrows stand out.The mouth, white in colour, ajar, has coarsely carved teeth that form body with the lips. The cheeks are covered by three deep horizontal scarifications. It is fastened to the head by means of a frame in sackcloth. It is a ceremonial mask that forms part of the masks of the chiefs of the Kasaï area.
Like all masks, it also participates in the "mukanda" or initiation of adolescents of the twelve to fourteen-year-old class
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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