Mask (1) - Wood - Masque Lwena - Chokwe - Angola
Former private collection - Paris - France Around 1930 Dimensions: 21 x 5 x 11 cm. Weight: 0. 38 kilograms. Very nice mask, finely curved, in hard wood. The Chokwe are a Bantu people from central and southern Africa, mainly present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Angola. Wooden carved masks or masks made of ephemeral materials are among the most powerful achievements of the Chokwe. Revelation of a rich cosmogony, they are the pillars of the mukanda, education process of young boys.
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Former private collection - Paris - France Around 1930 Dimensions: 21 x 5 x 11 cm. Weight: 0. 38 kilograms. Very nice mask, finely curved, in hard wood. The Chokwe are a Bantu people from central and southern Africa, mainly present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Angola. Wooden carved masks or masks made of ephemeral materials are among the most powerful achievements of the Chokwe. Revelation of a rich cosmogony, they are the pillars of the mukanda, education process of young boys.
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