Pwevo-maske fra Luena-kulturen, træ, 32 cm høj, i god stand, oprindelse DR Congo, provenance Privat samling, uden fodstøtte. Klik på den blå "gå til varen" knap, for at købe eller byde på denne vare. Den samlede pris vil blive vist inden du afgiver dit bud.
Denne Pwevo-maske, svarende til Pwo-masken hos Tshokwe, repræsenterer en kvindelig forfader.
hairstyle, consisting of long, fine braids of plant fibres dyed blue at the front and parted down the middle in accordance with the fashion of the time, is an innovation of the 1930s. The face, with greater depth than among the Tshokwe, is painted red and, at the junction with the hair, has a double strip of coloured glass beads as a coquettish touch; below and along its entire length are scarifications in the form of vertical notches; it has a medial line along the entire length of the forehead and nose; in the eye sockets, the upper part of which is painted black, it has globular eyes slit horizontally; the mouth,
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