BATEKE / TSAYE MASK 9, CONGO

 

Photographs © Tim Hamill


BATEWKE / TSAYE, MASK 9
12", $300
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These flat, round, abstracted masks are enhanced with symbols of Tsaye beliefs. Used in rituals of Kidumu, the male association, the masks express their social and religious values. This mask has a very different patina.

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