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It is a relatively rare mask
La forme est en poteau
5 cm ETAT: Moyen(Voir photos)
Was broken and glued
The board-shaped section engraved with symbolic geometric patterns is called dibulu
MC1780 Puissant masque singe SOKO MUTU HEMBA Chimpanzee Large Mask masque It is a relatively rareEnglish description below CONGO DRC HEMBA Large Zoomorphic Monkey (Chimpanzee) Mask Local names: Mwisi Gwa Soo and Soko Mutu. This mask expresses in the "smile" of the oversized mouth, the grimacing features of the chimpanzee, considered by the Hemba as "a ferocious animal, highly agnostic, even predatory of humans" (Blakely in African Arts, vol. 21, no. 1, 1987, p. 32). It appeared at funerals, in order to illustrate a chaotic afterlife opposing the
