This type of mask, named Echawokaba represents a spirit of the forest and is used by the company Alunga.

It is kept in sacred caves, and only went out during ceremonies associated to the hunting and to the cult of the ancestors.

Usuallyt janiforme, this one is monoface.

No base.

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+/- 30

RDC Zaire

Bembe

35 x 22

1.300