Tribal mask - Salampasu - DR Congo
Wooden mask with copper on top, copper plates secured with wooden pins.
dimensions only of the wooden part
Ritual mask as described in the book by Julien Volper 2014
Name of the mask Mukinka, Salampasu, each member of the society had several masks (See Elisabeth Cameron 1984)
Several on display in the Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren
first photos taken in the 1950s, Maes et al. Were offered for sale locally until the 1980s, after which many poor copies were put on the market.
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Wooden mask with copper on top, copper plates secured with wooden pins.
dimensions only of the wooden part
Ritual mask as described in the book by Julien Volper 2014
Name of the mask Mukinka, Salampasu, each member of the society had several masks (See Elisabeth Cameron 1984)
Several on display in the Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren
first photos taken in the 1950s, Maes et al. Were offered for sale locally until the 1980s, after which many poor copies were put on the market.
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