MC1105 Rare masque d'initiation Bembe Congo Rdc mask Lega and they sometimes even exchange

and they sometimes even exchange masks

partially whitened with kaolin

• Art et Pouvoir dans la savane d’Afrique centrale

PRETTY LITTLE FETISH SONGYE (Nkishi)

they are figures of power

MC1105 Rare masque d'initiation Bembe Congo Rdc mask Lega and they sometimes even exchangeFor English, please have a look below CONGO DRC BEMBE Rare initiation mask Eluba is here to stay Circumcision ( butende ) is a very important and indispensable event among the Bembe. It gave rise to great ceremonies Pol Pierre Gossiaux, a specialist in this region of eastern Congo, comments (in Masks in Congo) on a similar mask that was used to frighten: "the alternation of colors in particular ., signaled the dangerous nature of those who wore it,