African wood mask Collectibles Home Decor Masque Songya Masks for wall-G2624

SIZE(CM): 47/18
African art collection, acquired from Zemanek. African mask of the Songye kikashi equipped with its ample fiber suit. It offers a flat nasofrontal crest. Parallel striations carved into the surface of the wood symbolize feathering and the connection to death. Three variants of this Kifwebe mask (pl. Bifwebe) or "chasing death" (Roberts) can be distinguished