Lot 0041

Mwana Pwo Mask Tchokwe Angola

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Mask - Wood, Rope - Mwana Pwo - Chokwe - Angola: Title: Mask - Wood, Rope - Mwana Pwo - Chokwe - Angola Additional Information: A fine female Mwana Pwo mask from the Tschokwe tribe, Angola The Chokwe are well known for art objects produced to celebr

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Mask - Wood - Mwana Pwo - Chokwe - DR Congo: A fine female Mwana Pwo mask from the Tschokwe tribe, Angola The Chokwe are well known for art objects produced to celebrate and validate the royal court. Expressive dance mask that represents the ide

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Mask – Wood – Mwana Pwo – Chokwe – DR Congo: Title: Mask – Wood – Mwana Pwo – Chokwe – DR Congo Provenance/Additional Info: A fine female Mwana Pwo mask from the Tschokwe tribe, Angola The Chokwe are well known for art objects produced t

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Mwana Pwo Mask - TCHOKWE - Angola Angola Mid 20th century Wood / raffia. mask carved from hardwood, mask face brownish black sweating layered patina. 23 x 20 x 16 cm (550 gram) A very fine female Mwana Pwo mask from the Tschokwe tribe, Angola
The Chokwe are well known for art objects produced to celebrate and validate the royal court.
Very expressive dance mask which represent the ideal type of woman Mwana PWO.
Artful coiffure of fibers, colored with Tokula powder.
Older Mwana Pwo mask with beautiful brownish patina.
The scarification marks, which may duplicate those of the actual woman whose beauty inspired the carver, include the cingelyengelye design on the forehead. This cruciform design was probably derived from tin pendants traded into the Chokwe region by Portuguese voyagers as early as the seventeenth century. Without stand.

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