
Royal mask
This mask represents a boss and is used in funeral rites intended for chiefs and notables.
MYL-5
Text of the original catalogue
Town of hunters and farmers located between the rivers Kassaï and Loange. Neighbors and relatives of the Kuba They share the same cosmogonies. The flat face of the masks Lele is the main feature that differentiates them from those of Kuba, because ornamentistically they are very similar.
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