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Object type
mask
Materials
wood, feather, vegetal fibre
Legend
This Yaka mask is a tsekedi type. Although worn by young circumcised males at the end of the mukanda ritual, they have little importance and are only rarely seen during the grand dance performed by the young men in the surrounding villages.
Place of collecting
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Bandundu > Kwango
Culture
Yaka
Acquisition related person
Emile Wangermée (°1855 - †1924), as donor
Date of acquisition
1933-10-31
Dimensions
63 cm
Inventory number
EO.0.0.35397
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