Pende Mbuya mask
€480.00
This beautifully crafted old African Pende Mbuya mask presents a recurring characteristic of quality masks: a unibrow.
This mask still wears its original headdress and beard.
The traditional Bapende masks are very varied in their uses and origins. Thus, this mask comes from the Western Pende where we find a more naturalistic treatment of faces, unlike the Eastern Pende which presents a much more stylized artistic corpus.
Shipping fees
02450
Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Circa 1950
- Size
- 27 cm (45 cm with support)
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood, raphia
- Country
- Origin
- Pierre Loos, Art Africain Expert, Belgium
- Condition
- Excellent
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This beautifully crafted old African Pende Mbuya mask presents a recurring characteristic of quality masks: a unibrow.
This mask still wears its original headdress and beard.
The traditional Bapende masks are very varied in their uses and origins. Thus, this mask comes from the Western Pende where we find a more naturalistic treatment of faces, unlike the Eastern Pende which presents a much more stylized artistic corpus.