African Wooden Mask

African Wooden Mask
Chokwe Carved Wood Female Mask that Represent Ideal Feminine Beauty from Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This female mask is called Pwo, a classic Chokwe mask genre that honors founding female ancestors. Such representations are especially significant given that the Chokwe trace descent through their mothers' lines.
Inscribed motifs on the mask's forehead and cheeks are classic graphic designs that aesthetically enhanced a woman's beauty in past generations and were signs of ethnic identity.
10" H X 6" W X 5" Deep
Has 4" of hair
17.23.UOB

$2500.00 USD
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