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Salampasu mask with brass fittings, seeds, and round braided balls made from palm leaf strips / Kongo. The Salampasu, in the southwest of the Kongo, had a warrior federation, the 'Ibuku Society'. Within this 'Ibuku Alliance' dances took place, and the ordinary members wore such powerful 'Kasungu masks'.

Salampasu Maske mit Messingbeschlag, Samen und rund geflochtenen Ballen aus Palmblatt-Streifen / Kongo.
Die Salampasu, im Südwesten des Kongo, hatten einen Krieger-Bund, die ‘Ibuku-Gesellschaft’. Im Rahmen dieses ‘Ibuku-Bundes’ fanden Tänze statt und dabei trugen die einfachen Mitglieder solche kraftvoll-mächtigen ‘Kasungu-Masken’.











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Mask - Mukinka - Salampasu - DR Congo

Wood, Metal - Fair condition

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Maske, a Salampasu mask from the DR Congo (Ibuku society) with brass fittings and palm-leaf weaving, Indigenous name Mukinka, provenance Privatsammlung; dimensions 38 × 22 × 25 cm, weight 1400 g, made of wood and metal.

Mask - Mukinka - Salampasu - DR Congo

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Maske, a Salampasu mask from the DR Congo (Ibuku society) with brass fittings and palm-leaf weaving, Indigenous name Mukinka, provenance Privatsammlung; dimensions 38 × 22 × 25 cm, weight 1400 g, made of wood and metal.

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