Machete
Defensive blade with part of the grooved handle for better grip and steel blade with contour forming grooves.
ARM-9
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Machete
Work tool and at the same time combat machete.
ARM-5
Shield
Defense shield in past and present times of ceremony. In its center stands out in relief a male mask kifwébé.
ARM-3
Circuit Knife
A knife called circumcision, which is also used for the excision suffered by young men and women at the end of the…
ARM-1
Sacrifice knife
Knife with blade in the form of spear tip and double handle grip, used for sacrifices.
ARM-2
Little Ngabo Shield
Old child's shield, with beautiful dark patina, which reproduces the combat shields of the adults in which the mask appears kifwébécharacteristic…
ARM-22
Ceremony Shield
Old child's shield, with beautiful dark patina, which reproduces the combat shields of the adults in which the mask appears kifwébé,…
ARM-12
Pongdudu War Mask
The Boa are related to the Mangbetu. Ancient warrior mask.
MFANT-1
Facial Mask Muyombo
Former mask hangs from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire for many years.
MFANT-2
Mbangu illness face mask
There are several villages that present in their masks the aesthetics of the disformity, of the ugliness, like this mask that represents…
MFE-4
Mask Sickness Helmet
It has the same symbolism as the mask. Mbangu.
MFE-2
Mbangu illness face mask
It is the name that this mask of sickness or sick receives in the Congo.
MFE-3
Facial mask Kiwoyo-Muyombo
Former mask hangs from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire for many years.
MFC-5
Mbuya Phumbu Head Mask
Mbuya masks are characterized by their triangular face. Highlights the polychrome, red, black and white.
MFANT-4
Mbuya Gabuku mask
This mask is a female mask, representing the flirting of women.
MFANT-6
Maskara Facial Mukinka
The Salampasu are a town formed by some 60,000 people mainly located west of the Kasaï River, next to the border of…
MFANT-9
Kasango Hand Mask
Curious mask that even breaking the salampasu schemes respects, investing them, the general lines.
MMN-1
Kifwebe face mask
Pointed head with extensive linear scarifications, in some of which remains the remains of a soft reddish pigmentation.
MFANT-10
Kifwebe face mask
Former Kifwebé female mask equipped with a beautiful dark patina and light wood.
MFANT-11
Kifwebe face mask
Used by society Bwadi Bwa Kifwebé is the best known mask, in its male and female versions.
MFANT-12
Kifwebe face mask
Used by society Bwadi Bwa Kifwebé is the best known mask, in its male and female versions.
MFANT-13
Facial mask Kifwebe Kikashi
Female mask of secret society Bukishi, characterized by the absence of crest on the forehead and head.
MFANT-14
Fetish Songye
Small fetish that also serves as a reliquary. It is one of the so-called “mirror”.
FET-1
Soothsayer
Few manifestations of the statuary chamba are known, usually simple figures and devoid of any ornamentation.
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