MC1302 Masque d'initiation Bembe M'cwe Wa Wondolomina Mask Congo Lega BÂTON DE CHEF

BÂTON DE CHEF

François Neyt and Hugues Dubois

They are geographically and culturally close to the Tetela and have adopted certain social and artistic traditions from the Luba

The Bembe are based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

For a similar mask

MC1302 Masque d'initiation Bembe M'cwe Wa Wondolomina Mask Congo Lega BÂTON DE CHEFCongo DRC BEMBE initiation mask (M'cwe Wa Wondolomina) 6 eye mask See a similar mask in "Masks in Congo" page 268 fig139 According to Pol Pierre Gossiaux (of the ULG, unfortunately deceased), who must have been the greatest specialist on this tribe in eastern Congo, DRC), this mask was used in the circumcision ritual, worn by the circumciser the upper pair of eyes referred to the gaze open to the truth and the reality of the initiator who was to