Mask (1) - Wood - Masque "Giphogo" Eastern - - Pende - Congo DRC
Ex. private collection - Paris - France, 1st half 20th century Size: 35x33x30 cm Weight: 2. 1kg Very nice Mask from the Eastern Pende ethnic group. ( Kasaï) This imposing helmet mask incarnates a chief and it is preserved in a place devoted to the ancestors with the other objects which constitute the treasure of the chief. Adorned with great magical powers, this mask will ward off bad spells or illnesses hanging over the community. It is also found worn at the end of the initiation and circumcision ceremonies.
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Ex. private collection - Paris - France, 1st half 20th century Size: 35x33x30 cm Weight: 2. 1kg Very nice Mask from the Eastern Pende ethnic group. ( Kasaï) This imposing helmet mask incarnates a chief and it is preserved in a place devoted to the ancestors with the other objects which constitute the treasure of the chief. Adorned with great magical powers, this mask will ward off bad spells or illnesses hanging over the community. It is also found worn at the end of the initiation and circumcision ceremonies.
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