Sick Hanging Mask (1) - Wood and raffia - Malali - Pende - Congo DRC
For the Pendes, when creating a mask, what mattered was the song. Many masks exist. Each mask has a specific dance and features different social categories (Chiefs, the divine, the bewitched, the prostitute) .
The MBANGU or PANGU mask, the bewitched contrast of facial deformation, play on shape, on color. The wearer also carried a bos on his back pierced with an arrow. A spell was cast on him.
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For the Pendes, when creating a mask, what mattered was the song. Many masks exist. Each mask has a specific dance and features different social categories (Chiefs, the divine, the bewitched, the prostitute) .
The MBANGU or PANGU mask, the bewitched contrast of facial deformation, play on shape, on color. The wearer also carried a bos on his back pierced with an arrow. A spell was cast on him.
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