Songye Mask 205.4 street vendor these pots offer both strength

these pots offer both strength and sustainability

Perfect for a beach or park scene in your terrarium

contributing to the environment and creating a healthy indoor climate

It is said that the lip plates and scarring were originally used to prevent capture by slave traders

Songye Mask 205.4 street vendor these pots offer both strengthA hand carved Songye kifwebe mask from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These striated masks belonged to the bwadi bwa kifwebe society and were worn at ceremonies as figures of authority and social order, the deep parallel grooves carved across the face and picked out in pigment. Bold and graphic, with a high domed forehead and strong features, it makes a striking wall or shelf piece with real presence. Size: H 46cm W 17cm D 12cm.