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Lot: 697
Maske Mwana Pwo

"Mwana Pwo Mask". Ethnicity: Chokwe.



Country: DR Congo.



This mask represents the young and fertile woman who has completed the initiation before marriage. Expression of the feminine ideal, it symbolizes fecundity and, therefore, the promise of obtaining numerous offspring to all the young women of the village when she dances.

In this domain, Chokwe artists have created remarkable works, true portraits that are sometimes moving, which vary from one copy to another for being inspired by specific women.

We must point out that this mask is one of the few specimens that escaped its fate thanks to the intervention of administrators of what was a Belgian colony, due to the traditional custom of immersing the mask in a swamp upon the death of the owner, a man in particular gifted for dance, with whom he formed a kind of mystical marriage. 34x22cm

Title
Mwana Pwo Mask
Material
Wood
Measures
34x22cm

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Categories
DECORATIVE ARTS
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