BATEKE / TSAYE MASK 8, CONGO

       


BATEWKE / TSAYE, MASK 8, Congo, 18", $300, SOLD

© Tim Hamill

These flat, round, abstracted masks are enhanced with symbols of Tsaye beliefs. Used in rituals of Kidumu, the male association, the masks express their social and religious values. This mask is unusually realistic and 3-dimensional.

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