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Description:
The Kwango River area (southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) is the home of some 300,000 highly artistic Yaka people. The Yaka have an initiation, the Khanda. A special hut is built in the forest to give shelter to the postulants during their retreat; the event ends in circumcision, an occasion for great masked festivities including dances and songs. The n-khanda is organized every time there are enough eligible youths between ten and fifteen years of age. Many masks and figures are remarkable by the turned-up nose. This is a strange but common detail, and there is no decisive explanation for this nose. This mask is of the popular kholuka form, featuring globular or tubular eyes, a protuberant or snub nose, and an open mouth showing its teeth, it sometimes has a hairdo of branches covered with raffia which is danced alone at the end of celebrations.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: yaka1 |
| Condition:
Very Good |
Year:
1930
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| Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Maker:
Unknown |
| Height:
19.5 in. (49.53 cm) |
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Width: 7.5 in. (19.05 cm)
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Weight: 2 |
| Title:
Kholuka Mask |
Style:
Ethnic Art |
| Materials:
Wood and Pigmentation |
Type:
African Art Tribal Art |
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