Nkissa-Nkondi
Fetish with glass eyes, straw cap. Shell carrier and many amulets.
FET-21
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Female Kifwebe mask
The Luba mask is very similar to the female mask kifwebé of the Songyé, which is more rounded, although the male mask…
MFC-6
Mask Kidumu O Lekoka
The masks of this group are round and flattened.
MFANT-29
Facial Mask
The Ngbandi, neighbours of the Ngbaka and the Ngala, villages between the Ubangui and Lualba rivers, live from agriculture and fishing.
MFANT-32
Royal mask
This mask represents a boss and is used in funeral rites intended for chiefs and notables.
MYL-5
Facial Mask
Contrary to the visuality of art Kuba this mask presents a great sobriety.
MFAZ-11
Kholula mask
Kholula masks are the masks of the initiates.
MFG-12
Kidumu mask
Cover mask by members of society Kidumu at weddings, funeral ceremonies of important members or at the reception of personalities and at…
MFANT-39
Facial Mask
Mask used in initiation and circumcision ceremonies.
MFANT-40
Facial mask Dagara
Mask from the north of the Kivu region, which takes its name from Lake Kivu. west of Congo.
MFANT-41
Facial Mask
The Lengola are part of the big family Mbole and like them, they are installed on the left bank of the Zaire…
MFANT-43
Facial Mask
They are quite rare masks, highlighting an elongated mouth mask and rounded eyes in the middle of concave eye orbits that resemble…
MFANT-44
Face Mask Bwame
The Lega They have different types of masks, some are worn by the head or shoulder, or hand masks or on the…
MFANT-45
Facial mask Lukungun
The mask of initiation, of the so-called Lukungun, that is, they can belong to private owners and be transmitted between relatives who…
MFANT-57
Facial Mask
Initiating mask, with stratifications in the temples and in the eyebrow.
MFANT-58
Facial Mask of the Moon
Mask of the moon with large oval eyes cut by a midline that divides them into two zones, dark blue the suiperor…
MFANT-211
Facial Mask
They have no ritual meaning and therefore do not participate in any religious ceremony.
MFANT-65
Face Mask of the Sun and the Moon
Sun Mask belongs to the ekpo society because like the ibibio and other peoples also have the Eket they have the secret…
MFANT-77
Facial Mask
Mask with dark brown patina completely different from the masks of the Tshokwe of Angola.
MFANT-80
Facial Mask of the Moon
The Eketsub-group of the IbibioThey worship the sun and the moon.
MFANT-85
Facial mask Phumbu
The Phumbu mask is a boss mask, characterized by having the hairstyle divided into three parts.
MFANT-93
Kholula mask
They are the masks of the initiates.
MFG-16
Sorcerer Mask
More of a sorcerer with a beautiful black patina. His morphology is similar to that of the Bwoom masacras.
MCYC-16
Khosi’s Guessing Shield
Khosi divination statues of the Yaka are, by their meaning and function, similar to the Nkissi of Bakongo.
MYA-5
