RARE GREAT KUBA/LULUA MASK/CONGO NO RESERVE!!

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RARE GORGEOUS KUBA/LULUA MASK/CONGO NR!! We have the pleasure to offer this week a great Kuba mask field collected in Mweka a village of the Kasai provance of the Democratic Rep of Congo. It measures 13"H x 7"W x 4D". The last picture on this listing is an example of this mask in the book "Tresor d'Afrique" showing some of the most beautiful pieces of the Tervuren, a renowned African Art museum in Belgium. Don't miss out on this wonderful piece of African art! ITEM DESCRIPTION Over twenty types of masks are used among the Kuba, with meanings and functions that vary from group to group. Kuba wooden helmet masks are probably the most commonly produced items, popular with the collectors. These striking masks are wonderfully decorated with geometrical surface designs in dazzling contrasts of color, pattern, and texture. Hide, animal hair, fur, beads, cowrie shells, and feathers ornament the masks, and costumes of bark-cloth, raffia fiber fabric, and beaded elements complete the manifestation of nature spirits, intermediaries between the Supreme Being and the people. One widespread context for masking is initiation. Every several years a group of boys will be inducted into manhood through the initiation which transforms uncircumcised boys into initiated men who possess esoteric knowledge. Funerals are a second important context for masks read more

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