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Description : Kifwebe Mask Songye, Democratic Republic of the Congo H: 33 cm (1’ 1”) Estimated age: early 20th century Provenance: Merton Simpson, NY, Belgian private collection, Austrian private collection The Songye occupy a territory spanning the borders between the provinces of Kasai, Shaba, and Kivu. They are culturally and linguistically related to the Luba. The Kifwebe masks with their long beards and plaited dress made of raffia fibers appear in various ceremonies, or act as a kind of police force sent by a ruler or to deter an enemy in times of war. A mask with highly geometric figures and grooved linear surfaces of hollowed abstract form, usually with a raffia attachment. Compare: Treasures from the African Museum, Tervuren, plate 152, Sotheby’s African Art, November 19, 1999, lot 332
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