Chokwe dancer from Mukanda Passage - Chokwe - Angola
Performance of a young Chokwe dancer before the “Mukanda” circumcision ceremony. He introduces himself to the community in a coded dance.
The statuette has a very beautiful patina of use and was collected in the Congo in the 1960s by a Belgian engineer.
Missing left forearm.
Private collection: F. D.
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Performance of a young Chokwe dancer before the “Mukanda” circumcision ceremony. He introduces himself to the community in a coded dance.
The statuette has a very beautiful patina of use and was collected in the Congo in the 1960s by a Belgian engineer.
Missing left forearm.
Private collection: F. D.
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Time, Location
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