LUBA STYLE MASK 12, DRC

         

Photographs © Tim Hamill

 LUBA
Mask 12
27" high
$350
SOLD

Of the several different mask types used by the Luba, this type of bowl-shaped mask elaborated with parallel grooves was worn with a raffia costume and danced in male/female couples representing spirits, kijwebe, which connect this world with the spirit world. Used to mark important periods of social transition and transformation, they appeared at the death of a chief or other eminent person.

This mask shows no signs of having actually been danced and was probably made to be sold.

 

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