MC1110 Beau Masque Goma Bembe Butende Mask Congo Rdc Luba Ethics and Beauty in the

Ethics and Beauty in the heart of Africa

CONDITION: Medium

1977- HEMBA

Si l'on croise parfois des couples dans le style Luba Kanyok (debout

particularly in the use of stylized ritual masks

MC1110 Beau Masque Goma Bembe Butende Mask Congo Rdc Luba Ethics and Beauty in theFor English, please have a look below. CONGO DRC Beautiful GOMA mask Beautiful large polychrome mask which is reminiscent of the Butende des Bembe initiation masks. Thus, the eyes are in the center of immense orbits whitened with kaolin, the decorations in the form of friezes of triangles are also present. For a similar mask, see Marc Leo Felix p33 n1 ( see bibliography) The Goma are few in number, their population was estimated at 5,000 people in