Kete del Norte-Congo Mask.

Kete mask of the North-Congo.
Polychrome wood.
Measurements: 47 cm.
According to Joseph Cornet, general director of the Institute of the National Museums of Zaire, this type of mask is called Kabongo and is generally attributed to the Kabongo tribe.
Zaire, this type of mask is called Kabongo and is generally attributed to the Kete tribe of the North, a group more or less
Kete tribe of the north, a group more or less subordinated to the Bushoong kingdom. The Kabongo
is used in the ceremonies of conclusion of the initiation tests. Both in its
in both its volumetry and execution, it is of extraordinary virtuosity, and in its schematic
its schematic cartoonish deformity gives the impression of placid awe and dignity.
dignity.