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Mask (Kifwebe)
Luba [people] and Songye [people]Late 19th – early 20th Century
MAS
Antwerp, Belgium
Masks with highly geometric facial features and finely grooved surfaces are known as 'bifwebe' (sing. kifwebe). They were used by both the Songye and the Luba in a secret male society (Bwadi bwa Kifwebe) that was at the service of the ruling leaders.
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Details
- Title: Mask (Kifwebe)
- Creator: Luba [people], Songye [people]
- Date Created: Late 19th – early 20th Century
- Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Dimensions: height: 42cm – width: 26cm – depth: 14cm
- Subject Keywords: Ethnographic collection
- Type: Mask
- Medium: Wood, pigment
- ID: AE.0334
- Department: Ethnographic collection – Africa
- Acquisition: Purchased from Henri Pareyn (1920)
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