Arte africana A zoomorphic mask, ChokweAngola / D.R.
African art A zoomorphic mask, ChokweAngola / D.R. Congo. . Cm 18,00 x 23,00. A reddish patina wood mask with orbits covered with white pigment. The subject probably represents a monkey and on the head keeps its hair in raffia. On the forehead the classic scaring chinge-lyengelye, commonly meant to be a variant of the Portuguese cross of the Order of Christ.
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African art A zoomorphic mask, ChokweAngola / D.R. Congo. . Cm 18,00 x 23,00. A reddish patina wood mask with orbits covered with white pigment. The subject probably represents a monkey and on the head keeps its hair in raffia. On the forehead the classic scaring chinge-lyengelye, commonly meant to be a variant of the Portuguese cross of the Order of Christ.