MC1749 Joli petit Masque féminin Songye Kifwebe miniature Mask Luba Rare KALUNGA - KISUMBI BEMBE

Rare KALUNGA - KISUMBI BEMBE Figure

hands above her chest

1989 p264 Notice by Joseph Cornet

The object

Identifier les sculptures de l'Ubangi est particulièrement complexe

MC1749 Joli petit Masque féminin Songye Kifwebe miniature Mask Luba Rare KALUNGA - KISUMBI BEMBEFor English, please have a look below CONGO DRC Beautiful female miniature mask Songye Kifwebe The Songye created these masks, among the most spectacular in black African art. The streaks that cover almost their entire surface would be a reminiscence of the labyrinthine journey that is the Bukishi initiation (Neyt, 2009, page 362) The magico religious power of the female Kifwebe masks "bifwebe bakashi" is associated with the moon and reincarnated