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Français : Masque Kwele. Dimensions : H. 66 ; l. 67 ; P. 8 / Matières : bois ; pigments. République du Congo. Collecte d’Alexandre Petit-Renaud, agent de la compagnie des frères Tréchot, à Sembé (République du Congo) (Compagnie concessionnaire Ngoko-Sangha). Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de La Rochelle. France. Don en 1935. Communication par le muséum : "Quatre types de masques faciaux zoomorphes et anthropomorphes sont fabriqués et utilisés par les Kwele pour leur rite du beete. Cet exemplaire qui est à classer parmi les masques anthropo-zoomorphes à cornes fait référence aux esprits de la forêt (ekuk)." Collection du Muséum :[1]
English: Kwele mask. Dimensions: H. 66; l. 67; P. 8 / Materials: wood; pigments. Republic of Congo. Collect of Alexandre Petit-Renaud, agent of the company of the brothers Tréchot, in Sembé (Republic of Congo) (Concessionary company Ngoko-Sangha). Museum of Natural History of La Rochelle. France. Gift in 1935. Communication by the museum: "Four types of zoomorphic and anthropomorphic facial masks are made and used by the Kwele for their beete ritual. This specimen which is to classify among anthropomorphic horned masks refers to the spirits of the forest (ekuk)" |
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