Mask Pende

Description

Mask Pende, Congo, wood, raffia and mineral polychromy (process printing),

H : 7,5 in l : 5,1 in.

It is maybe about a mask mbuya which embodies the troublemaker in the festivities of Pende, more known for mask bigger and called pumbu or kipoko.

Origin : ex-collection Morigi (sticker backside).

Beginning 20th century