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Object type
mask
Materials
wood, raffia, pigment, vegetal fibre, textile
Legend
This item from the Popokabaka region is the tsekedi type. Although worn by young circumcised males at the end of the mukanda ritual, these masks 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 > Popokabaka
Culture
Yaka
Acquisition related person
Gaston Armand Ghislain Verschaffel, as donor
Date of acquisition
1931-03-16
Dimensions
65 cm
Inventory number
EO.0.0.32884
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