"Tsekedi Mask, Yaka People, Drc"
This mask is of the Tsekedi type (it is the first to appear during initiations). It is a handle mask revealing a rather geometric face and wearing a very pretty upturned nose. Its polychromy is still very bright and beautiful. It is topped with a conical headdress with tiers in braided raffia which is decorated with colored geometric patterns and which ends with feathers.It has kept its raffia collar forming a dense beard.
Yaka people, Kwango province, Popokabaka territory, Democratic Republic of Congo
Wood, pigments, fabrics, raffia
H: 73cm,
Provenance: - Belgian private collection
- Patric Claes sold
with a base
Le Magazine de PROANTIC
TRÉSORS Magazine
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