Art Africain, African mask, Congo Salampansu tribe helmet mask Sculpture

SALAMPASU PEOPLE The 60,000 Salampasu people live on the frontier between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and Angola. They maintain strong commercial and cultural relations with their southern neighbours, the Tschokwe (Chokwe) and the Lunda, to whom they pay tribute. SALAMPASU MUKINKA MASKS Generally, ancient masks in the Kingdom were symbol of power to the owner. The power were coming from spiritual world and the ancestors. The masks were: 1. Ritual or ceremonial object 2. Decorative or ornamental object (Art) This was a mask for outstanding warriors. The Salampasu, in south-western Congo, had a warrior group, the ‘ibuku society’. At the dances of this ibuku group only successful, outstanding and important warriors were allowed to wear such ‘mukinka masks’ . Carved in hard, brown wood in typical Salampasu form. With the typical hairstyle of palm leaf strips woven into round balls, a widely protruding, broad forehead with small peg-shaped ears at the sides, with rectangular, deep-set eyes and a short, broad nose. Beneath sits the rectangular, trapezoidal mouth with two pointed rows of teeth. In the pointed chin below is a hole, through which a ‘beard’ made of braided plant fibres is affixed. The border of the hairstyle above, the ears and the rims of the eyes, as well as the two rows of teeth were originally coloured in white. COUNTRY OF ORIGEN: D.R Congo PEOPLE: Salampasu MATERIALS: Wood, palm leaf strips woven into round balls DIMENSIONS: Height: 41 cm- 17.71" Width: 21 cm- 8.26" This vintage Mask is extremely valueble to collectors of African art. You can use for decor or creat and add to your Art Collection. You are looking for the best Art shop? Don't worry! Here is the right place: http://www.saatchiart.com/kassuende E-mail: mkjsucesso@gmail.com

Sculpture:Wood on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:8.3 W x 17.7 H x 4.2 D in

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