African Art/Mask - Mwana Pwo - Chokwe Tribe of DR Congo for Sale

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African Art/Mask - Mwana Pwo - Chokwe Tribe of DR Congo For Sale

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African Art/Mask - Mwana Pwo - Chokwe Tribe of DR Congo:
$239.33

Mask - Beads, Wood, Rope - Mwana Pwo - Chokwe - DR Congo

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Dimensions

10×8×7\"

Period

2nd half 20th century

Weight

1LB 7OZ

Material

Beads, Rope, Wood

Ethnic group/ culture

Chokwe

Region/ country

DR Congo

Condition

Good

Object

Mask(More lots)

Indigenous object name

Mwana Pwo

Sold with stand

Dimensions

10×8×7\"

Period

2nd half 20th century

A fine female Mwana Pwo mask from the Tschokwe tribe, Angola The Chokwe are well known for art objects produced to celebrate and validate the royal court. Expressive dance mask that represents the ideal type of woman Mwana PWO. Artful coiffure of fibres, coloured with Tukula powder. Mwana Pwo mask with beautiful brownish patina. The scarification marks, which may duplicate those of the actual woman whose beauty inspired the carver, include the cingelyengelye design on the forehead. This cruciform design was probably derived from tin pendants traded into the Chokwe region by Portuguese voyagers as early as the seventeenth century. Material: mask carved from hardwood, mask face brownish black sweating layered patina. Decorated with rope and beads. Condition: Fine aged condition, signs of age and use.

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