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Description : Additional Information: This mask has a protruding forehead, jutting cheecks, a strong prominent nose and an open square mouth. This mask has no decoration . Its form recall the royal mask  ,bwoom. Usually such masks would have a headdress made of various media and would be decorated with  ,copper sheets beads, cowrie shells , animal skin, raffia cloth, and many other decorations.Bwoom is the second highest ranked royal mask.  ,Authorities have offered different hypotheses regarding the origin of Bwoom masks. Most scholars think the Kuba borrowed it from their southern neighbors, the Kete, the Luluwa, and even the Pende. Others consider this mask to be of Cwa (pygmies) origin. According to the Kuba traditions, the Cwa were the first occupant of the Kuba territory. Bwoom portrays a Cwa, a man of non-royal origin, a slave or a man of modest origin who in the history of creation of the Bushoong played an important role in counterbalancing the power of the king. During the masked performances Bwoom enters in competition with Mooshambooy mu Shall, the mask which portrays Woot, the legendary founder of Kuba kingdom. Recommended Reading: Cornet's ART ROYAL KUBA, Mack's EMIL TORDAY AND THE ART OF THE CONGO 1900-1909.
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