Pende mask - DRC ex Zaire - African Art Tribal Art
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The Western Pende live on the banks of the Kwilu, while the Easterners settled on the banks of the Kasai downstream from Tshikapa. The influences of the neighboring ethnic groups, Mbla, Suku, Wongo, Leele, Kuba and Salempasu have been imprinted on their large sculpture of tribal art. Within this diversity, the realistic Mbuya masks, produced every ten years, have a festive function, and embody different characters that are difficult to differentiate without their costume, including the chief, the soothsayer and his wife, the prostitute, the jester, the tundu, the possessed, etc... ( Art and Life in Africa, C.D. Roy; "Pende" Strother)
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Pende mask - DRC ex Zaire - African Art Tribal Art
Estimate $329 - $382
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