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AFRICAN MALE TSOKWE CHOKWE MASK - RAFFIA & FIBER HEADDRESS (Midtown East)
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With wild dance movements and full body costumes, the Chokwe chiefs expressed their authority, collected tributes and pronounced judgements while wearing this mask. If the Chihongo mask pointed at one of the viewers, in former times this gesture could also mean a death sentence.
This Chihongo mask is made of carved, hard wood in a typical shape, colored black and brown: high eyebrow arches, slit, deep-set eyes, scarification marks on both cheeks, also called ‘tears’, an open mouth with carved rows of pointed teeth and the typical, round chin projection of all Chihongo masks.
The original 'hairstyle' of Chokwe mask is also preserved: made of raffia bast.
Having a woven netting of fiber to hold the mask in place while dancing. Modern. Height: 9 3/4 inches (without raffia) 24.76cm.
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