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Africa Gabon Social Handcrafted Songye mask Sese Wood Africa -338 For Sale
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Africa Gabon Social Handcrafted Songye mask Sese Wood Africa -338:
$65.02
African polychrome mask offering a certain "cubist" structure. The center is carved with largeeyelids placed obliquely, extended by a geometric nose and mouth. The lower part of the facecontinues in a very slightly concave flat tint. Deep colored grooves emphasize the volume ofthe skull and the flatness of the cheeks.The term Kifwebe designates the mask, the society of masks, and the wearer of the maskbelonging to the male secret society bwadi bwa kifwebe which ensured the social control.Matte polychrome patina, erosions. Cracks.In the 16th century, the Songyes migrated from the Shaba region to settle on the left bank ofthe Lualaba, in Katanga and Kasai. Very present in their society, divination made it possible todiscover sorcerers and to shed light on the causes of the misfortunes that struck individuals.The masked performances of male masks provided an opportunity to carry out punitiveexpeditions and maintain social order. The female masks, supposed to be equipped withdivinatory faculties, activated by their dances the benevolent spiritsMade of wood
30.2/19-cm
Express delivery 7 days
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