African Plate

ethnicity: batéké

Importation: Gabon

Size: 14cmx14cm

Weight : 500Gr

Description:

This type of mask is used by the members of the male secret society Kidumu at the time of the funeral the notable ones of the village or at the time of the marriages and other important ceremonies. They are also used to control the social and political structure initiatory group. They are more and more often used for the festivals of rejoicing. This mask is a mask board: the carrier of the mask held this one between its teeth using a braided ribbon. The perforations were used to attach feathers and fibers which came to perfect the harmony of the costume. The Téké mask are always built in the same way: they circular, are divided horizontally by a band and their surface is decorated with geometrical reasons painted using pigments white, red, black or ochre