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This stunning mask is from the Chokwe people of the Congo with similar masks coming from Angola. Mwana Pwo masks are handcarved by a craftsmen to represent an ancestral spirit of Pwo or the archetype of womanhood and fertility. Such efforts are significant given the…
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- Item Number: M-6451
- Provenance/Origin: Southern DRC/Congo, Near Kasai River. Circa 1970s.
- Composition: Wood, fabric, metal
- Dimensions: 9" (mask only) tall x 7" at widest x 8.5" deep
- Weight: 1.5 pounds
- Price: $ 345.00 USD
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Created by a shaman or Nganga who gathers spiritual items (organic materials, medicines, etc) which is placed in hollow cavities in the abdomen (and sometime the forehead). In this case, such spiritual items are behind a glass shield. Nails are driven into the statue as a…
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- Item Number: S-0573
- Provenance/Origin: DRC Congo. Circa 1940s - 1960s
- Composition: Wood, nails, metal, fabric, glass, and more.
- Dimensions: 22" tall x 7.5" wide x 9" deep
- Weight: 8 pounds
- Price: $ 595.00 USD
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The Manyanga tribe live on the right bank of the Zaire (aka Congo) River. The location is near the tributary of the Lefini River.
This is a relatively unknown tribe whose artists are known for their elongated faces, rounded cheeks, carefully rendered faces and nails.
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- Item Number: M-1535
- Provenance/Origin: Manyanga Tribe. Congo. Circa mid-1900s, perhaps the 1930s.
- Composition: Wood, pigments, nails, cloth with minor embellishments
- Dimensions: 18" tall x 11" wide x 6.5" deep
- Weight: 4.25 pounds
- Price: $ 315.00 USD
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The Manyanga tribe live on the right bank of the Zaire (aka Congo) River. The location is near the tributary of the Lefini River.
This is a relatively unknown tribe whose artists are known for their elongated faces, rounded cheeks, carefully rendered faces and nails.
…
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- Item Number: M-9554
- Provenance/Origin: Manyanga Tribe. Congo. Circa mid-1900s, perhaps 1930s
- Composition: Wood, pigments, abrus beans, nails, raffia/fibers, cloth
- Dimensions: 15" tall x 9" wide x 7" wide
- Weight: 3.75 pounds
- Price: $ 295.00 USD
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The solidarity of the Bakongo people has a long history based on the dynamics of the Kongo Kingdom, first discovered in the fifteenth century by a Portuguese explorer.
There are numerous subgroups / tribes that make up the cultural and spiritual complex. Examples: the Vili,…
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- Item Number: M-1791
- Provenance/Origin: Bakongo, Congo, DRC. Mid-1940s
- Composition: Wood and some fiber
- Dimensions: 10.5" tall x 9" wide x 5" deep
- Weight: 1.5 pounds
- Price: $ 295.00 USD
