African Tribal Art - Mbagani Mask

Ex-Belgian collection.

The Mbagani come from the now extinct Mpasu group, itself a subgroup of the Lulua, or Béna Lulua, and which also includes the Salampasu. They form with the Ding a group of 50,000 individuals established in the DRC, in Kasai, near the Angolan border. They have been marked by the influence of their Lunda neighbors and the former Tchokwé occupants. Organized into small independent chiefdoms, they mainly cultivate corn, the women embroidering the textiles woven by the men. The masks are said to be associated with healing rites. Glossy black patina, cracks.

Stand included.

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