Pende mask Mbangu - Pende - DR Congo (No reserve price)

Masque Pende Mbangu

The Pende are known in traditional African art for their great variety of masks, whose styles also vary according to geographic areas.

This Pende Mbangu mask, with twisted features and characteristic pigmentation, is a mask of illness. Worn by the dancer who imitates the gait of the sick person, it has extraordinary graphic quality, recalling that African art has been a major source of inspiration for many Western artists.