Posted 3 years ago
ho2cultcha
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This is an older Songye tribal mask of the Kifwebe from the Congo. I actually found two different masks. This is the older of the two. My father's uncle helped to build a hospital in the Congo back in the 1920s/30s and my family has a lot of artifacts which he shipped back. He was a White Robe Missionary back then and when he came back he was a Franciscan Father. My father and many of my relatives attended Jesuit schools and received their degrees there.
Great tribal mask ho2 & you have quite the interesting adventurous family history, the Congo must have been an untamed natural beauty in those days
What a treasure, A Songye mask with provenance. The other mask in the photo looks like a Marka mask from Mali. Do you have its history?
Wow .... looks so good with the Karel Appel but then it is all HOT !!!!
thank you Newfld, Congcu and Kevin! i do have the story of the Marka mask somewhere.