LUBA / TETELA MASK 6, DRC

Photographs © Tim Hamill

LUBA / TETELA MASK 6
15" mask, 30" with raffia
$1000
SOLD

This mask has been vetted as being authentic but with little sign of tribal use.

Male Bukishi associations, clouded in secrecy, yielded political and mystical power revealed through their masks, known as Kifwebe (singular) and Bifwebe (plural). Female masks, primarily white, are restrained and elegant with striated surfaces. Their function was to awaken and honor benevolent spirits.


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