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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À propos du lot
n° 133 Titre : Anthropomorphic Mask Mbuya Dimensions : 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, Salle de vente
, Würzburg, DE🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : 96. Auction - African & Oceanic Art Date de la vente : 24/04/2021🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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