African PENDE Mask WOOD/PLANT FIBER, PENDE TRIBE BELGIAN. CONGO

Description

SPOTTED DOG
DESIGN
SPOTTED DOG DESIGN
African
PENDE
Mask WOOD/PLANT FIBER, BELGIAN. CONGO
Condition
Good
Dimensions
20×19×9 cm
Ethnic group/ culture
Material
Raphia, Wood
Object
PENDE Mask
Period
2nd half 20th century
Region/ country
BELGAN Congo
Sold with stand
No
Weight
Condition
Good
Dimensions
20×19×9 cm
One of the many
mbuya
masks performed at community festivities, is the
gambanda
'young woman' mask (which forms part of a collection of female masks known as
mbuya ya mukhetu
- 'the woman's mask'; called
kambanda
among the Eastern Pende). Some sources point to
gambanda
representing the calm, obedient and beautiful wife of the Chief (
fumu
) while others state that
gambanda
is instead a representation of the Pende ideal for femininity and beauty and is considered a suitable wife for a high-ranking Pende male.
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