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Description : A «Mwana Pwo» Mask, wood, fibers, cowries, polychrome traces, mask representing the ideal of female beauty, used by professional dancers in various types of ceremonies, Angolan - Tshokwe, 20th C. (mid), wear, minor defects, purchased at Sanzala Muanachina, near Luena. Notes: Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva, item number 233, mentioned in the notebook of the collector «Angola - Arte Negra, Relação e descrição das peças», identified in it as «Mácara Muana Puo»:Tattoos: - on the cheeks: 2 circles w/ crossed crosshatch -Lumba, nº 30 from the book Tatuagens da Lunda by Mesquitela de Lima, 2 tears under each eye «Massoja» [...], - on the forehead: 2 « Mupila» on each side of the forehead [...], Cangongo, on the forehead over the nose, - on the chin: «Cangonga» (?). [...] This piece was purchased on 07/12/74, at Sanzala Muanachina, near Luso [Luena], Km 1036 on the right side of the railway, beyond the Benedictine Mission. Its owner was the professional dancer Muanachina Samoroci(?), very well known in the region. Cf. bibliography cited by the collector - LIMA, Mesquitela de - Tatuagens da Lunda. S/L: Museu de Angola, 1956, p. 35, fig. 30. Para o mesmo tipo de máscara vd. REDINHA, José - Album Etnográfico Portugal-Angola. Luanda: C.I.T.A, 1971, p. 91 (como Muana-Mpuo), JORDÁN, Manuel - Os Tshokwe e Povos Aparentados. In Na presença dos Espíritos - Arte Africana do Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisboa. New York: Museum for African Art, Snoeck-Ducaju, 2000, pp. 100-102, cat. 73-75, BASTIN, Marie-Louise. La sculpture Tshokwe”. Arcueil: Alain et Françoise Chaffin, 1982, pp. 100-103, figs. 40-45 (como Masque Pwo/Pwo), o catálogo Escultura Angolana - Memorial de Culturas. Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Etnologia - Sociedade Lisboa 94, 1994, pp. 143-144, nºs 162-164, LIMA, Mesquitela de - Os Akixi (Mascarados) do Nordeste de Angola. In Diamag - Publicações Culturais nº 70. Lisboa: Companhia de Diamantes de Angola - Serviços Culturais Dundo - Lunda - Angola - Museu do Dundo, 1967, pp. 151 e 153, nºs 11-15 (como Mukixi wa Pwó), FELIX, Marc Leo. - 100 Peoples of Zaire and Their Sculpture: The Handbook”. Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987, p. 183, fig. 15, o catálogo do leilão realizado a 1 de Fevereiro de 2023 na Lempertz Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas. Brussels: Lempertz, 2023, lote 42, e ft=Pwo&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=1, consultado a 14 de Março de 2023 às 15:37., Dim. - 20,5 cm
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