Royal mask Bwoom

Mask considered real for representing the king's brother who apparently went mad with remorse for killing his nephew. It is one of the three real masks of the Kuba. Profusively decorated with cauris, beads, abundant beard of rafia and artistic polychrome based on geometric drawings. This mask has been losing its accessories over time. It retains a beautiful polychrome based on overlapping lines with drawings of whiteish rhombuses. Large concentric eye orbits, under a clear forehead. On the back of the neck are still traces of one of the geometric drawings depicted in the so-called kassai velvets. Some say it is a pygmy mask, as it would have been worn by the ancient pygmies Tswa. Mask and helmet with anthropomorphic characteristics.