Mwana Pwo mask - Chokwe - DR Congo (No reserve price)
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Mwana Pwo mask from DR Congo in the Chokwe tradition, carved from hardwood with raphia hair, measuring 24 cm high by 14 cm wide by 12 cm deep, weighing 220 g, in good condition.
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Description from the seller
A fine female Mwana Pwo mask from the Tschokwe tribe, DR Congo
The Chokwe are well known for art objects produced to celebrate and validate the royal court.
Expressive dance mask that represents the ideal type of woman Mwana PWO.
Artful coiffure of fibres, coloured with Tukula powder.
The scarification marks, which may duplicate those of the actual woman whose beauty inspired the carver, include the cingelyengelye design on the forehead. This cruciform design was probably derived from tin pendants traded into the Chokwe region by Portuguese voyagers as early as the seventeenth century.
Material: mask carved from hardwood, mask face brownish black . The mask has hair made from raphia.
Good condition.
Seller's Story
Asian African Art is a gallery specialized in authentic ethnographic art. Lately we are mainly focused on African Art
We also have a specialism in golden collectable coins.
Your order is in safe hands, we have more than 50 years experience in coins.
For more interesting items please visit our website: Asian African Art, located in the Netherlands.
A fine female Mwana Pwo mask from the Tschokwe tribe, DR Congo
The Chokwe are well known for art objects produced to celebrate and validate the royal court.
Expressive dance mask that represents the ideal type of woman Mwana PWO.
Artful coiffure of fibres, coloured with Tukula powder.
The scarification marks, which may duplicate those of the actual woman whose beauty inspired the carver, include the cingelyengelye design on the forehead. This cruciform design was probably derived from tin pendants traded into the Chokwe region by Portuguese voyagers as early as the seventeenth century.
Material: mask carved from hardwood, mask face brownish black . The mask has hair made from raphia.
Good condition.
Seller's Story
Asian African Art is a gallery specialized in authentic ethnographic art. Lately we are mainly focused on African Art
We also have a specialism in golden collectable coins.
Your order is in safe hands, we have more than 50 years experience in coins.
For more interesting items please visit our website: Asian African Art, located in the Netherlands.
Details
Indigenous object name
Mwana Pwo mask
Ethnic group/ culture
Chokwe
Country of Origin
DR Congo
Material
Rope, Wood
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Good condition
Height
24 cm
Width
14 cm
Depth
12 cm
Weight
220 g
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