Songye Kifwebe Mask Congo Vintage Stylist bamboo rocking chair 1960’s

Stylist bamboo rocking chair 1960’s French

Cc 1930’s BENIN

and a low sculptured seat of beautifully figured solid elm

140cm high

Songye Kifwebe Mask Congo Vintage Stylist bamboo rocking chair 1960’sThe male Bwadi bwa kifebwe society of men among the Songye and neighboring Luba peoples helped leaders exercise political and economic power. It employed a dramatic mask called kifwebe whose linear patterns are said to allude to history, power, and other esoteric meanings. The incised and whitened striations on this aggressive male mask enhance its sculptural power. The mask was one of the most powerful instruments of the society and performed in