
African mask KWELE Material: wood Importation : RDC

Réf : KWLE06
H 40cm x L28cm
Weight : 900Gr
Shipping : 48H
Description Anthropomorphic mask pibibuze wants to say man, now exhibé at the time of ritual demonstrations but before these masks were carried by dancers. These masks are associated the worship of the bwete whose rites are intended to move away the wizards they incarnate the benevolent spirits of the forest. This particular mask represents one of both type of mask gorilla the other type being much less stylized. The two lower outgrowths represent the canines of the animal. This mask played a violent part in the masquerades where it expressed the stakes of the capacity between various chalk linings. Its role determining being to neutralize the malefic forces of the bush and the wizards

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