This flat “mask” stems from the area of the upper Ogowe and is used in ceremonies of the secret society KIDUMU.
Congo
Contemporary Art – Painting – Bateke – African Symbolic Portrait – This painting is inspired by a figure of a chief holding his hunting weapons.
African Homage’ s collection – The Bakongo are a people of Central Africa established on the Atlantic coast from Pointe-Noire, north to Luanda south.
A Kuba Chameleon mask from the Kuba-Ngeende people who were integrated into the eastern part of the Kuba kingdom during the sixteenth century, in Congo.
This Pende Kwilu Mbangu mask belongs to the Pende of the west, (Congo).
Typical of the Kwilu style, it has a specific style called “Mbangu”.
African Symbolic Portrait Artist Xea B. This painting is inspired by a well known typical reliquary figure of the Ambete.
This authentic Kwele mask is precious as it bears evidence of usage and has been “danced”.