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Description : wood, pigments, plant fibre, raffia bast, The Pende have a variety of mask mbuya. They perform in the village area purely for entertainment and at the initiation ceremonies of the mukanda men's society. The mask figures represent different characters and role models of Pende society. There are embodiments of chiefs (fumu), wise old men with long beards (giwoyo or muyombo), executioners (pumbu), fortune tellers (nganga ngombo) and bewitched persons mbangu, up to representations of clowns tundu and prostitutes ngobo.
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About the lot N° 133
Title : Anthropomorphic Mask Mbuya
Size : H: 23 cm, H: 9,1 inch
Provenance : Danish Collection Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Literature : Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 499
Condition report : See description
Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer, Würzburg, DE It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : 96. Auction - African & Oceanic Art
Sale date : 24 Apr 2021 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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