Pende Giwoyo mask
€300.00
Pende Giwoyo mask, recognizable by its elongated format, prominent rounded forehead and rich red, black, white and grey polychromy. The face with half-closed eyes rises above a long decorated panel featuring geometric motifs and lateral perforations for the attachment of costume elements.
Among the Pende, Giwoyo masks belong to the broader tradition of masquerades associated with community life, initiation and public ceremonies. Their strongly structured imagery combines the human figure with graphic signs and symbolic colors. Worn together with a complete costume, the mask acquired its full meaning through dance and movement, contributing to the transmission of social values, collective identity and group memory.
This example is particularly striking for the strength of its vertical construction and for the balance between the sculpted face and the long lower section decorated with triangular motifs and contrasting lines.
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Pende Giwoyo mask, recognizable by its elongated format, prominent rounded forehead and rich red, black, white and grey polychromy. The face with half-closed eyes rises above a long decorated panel featuring geometric motifs and lateral perforations for the attachment of costume elements.
Among the Pende, Giwoyo masks belong to the broader tradition of masquerades associated with community life, initiation and public ceremonies. Their strongly structured imagery combines the human figure with graphic signs and symbolic colors. Worn together with a complete costume, the mask acquired its full meaning through dance and movement, contributing to the transmission of social values, collective identity and group memory.
This example is particularly striking for the strength of its vertical construction and for the balance between the sculpted face and the long lower section decorated with triangular motifs and contrasting lines.
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