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Object type
mask
Materials
wood, vegetal fibre
Legend
This Nkanu mask is generally considered as a makemba. Makemba is supposed to represent a pregnant woman or mother. It is sometimes suggested that makemba personifies the woman crying for her "dead" children during the mukanda who are then "reborn" as men.
Place of collecting
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Bandundu > Kwango
Culture
Nkanu
Acquisition related person
Alphonse-François-Edouard Cabra (°1862 - †1932), as donor
Date of acquisition
1903-05-12
Dimensions
41,4 cm x 25,1 cm x 49 cm
Inventory number
EO.0.0.205-11
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