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Mask, Matapa

Unknown author20th century

Museum of Ethnology & Museum of Popular Art
Lisboa, Portugal

"Chipepa" mask, a representation of an ancestor. Used in male initiation rituals by the Matapa, or Kongo-Dinga peoples in Angola.

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Title: Mask, Matapa
Creator: Unknown author
Date Created: 20th century
Location Created: Canzar, Camena, Lunda-Norte Province, Angola
Physical Dimensions: 82 cm
Type: Masks
Rights: Collection: National Museum of Ethnology. Image: DGPC/ADF
Medium: Vegetable fibers, cloth, feathers and polychrome pigments.
Catalog number: MNE: AM.027

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