ORIGINAL PENDE DEFORMED NOSE MASK AFRICAN ORIGINAL CIRCUMCISION CEREMONIAL WOOD for Sale

ORIGINAL PENDE DEFORMED NOSE MASK AFRICAN ORIGINAL CIRCUMCISION CEREMONIAL WOOD For Sale

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ORIGINAL PENDE DEFORMED NOSE MASK AFRICAN ORIGINAL CIRCUMCISION CEREMONIAL WOOD :
$650.00

ORIGINAL DEFORMED FACE NOSE CIRCUMCISION WOOD ETHNOGRAPHIC MASK ( metal base not included/ for additional $75.00)

Type of Object: African mask, face Ethnic Group: Pende Mgbangu Country of Origin: Dr Congo Materials: Wood, Pigment Approximate Age: 40 yrs Dimensions:10.0” x 7.0” x 4.0” Weight: 349 g; 0.8 lbs; 12.3 oz Overall Condition: Used, V. Good

Brown rag/cloth was removed from the mask. White dots with some abrasion on deformed nose. Of the fifteen forms of circumcision dance masks this deformation mask depicts an epileptic or mbangu. Other tribes with similar deformation types masks are the Makua from Tanzania and the Ibibio of Nigeria. The Pende tribe are mostly farmers who are not governed by a central authority, but pay allegiance to family chiefs who are sometimes assisted by various nobles. Young men are organized into age groups and pass initiation stages, including circumcisdion. Pende art had many aesthetic traditions.

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