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Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Online 
Offering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art
Very Fine Tanzania Mozambique Makonde Face Mask
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Height: 9 Width: 8.5 Depth: 4 Inches
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Documentation of Authenticity / Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITIONWood deterioration, scrapes and chips, faded areas, fine age cracks, worn areas, overall condition very good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Makonde are matrilineal people who are located on both sides of the Ruvuma River, which forms the border between Tanzania and Mozambique. Decisions are made by a chief supported by a council. Clan members meet only for the ancestral cult and to celebrate initiations. The Makonde believe in a world of ancestor spirits and in malevolent spirits who make an appearance during the ceremonies that close initiation rites; these rites are deemed very important. The Makonde have two main types of masks: helmet crests, known as lipico, and face masks. The anthropomorphic face masks portray particular individuals or occasionally represent sickness. The dances are accompanied by an orchestra of drummers. Painter Fred Uhlman words - Most of the artists I admired, Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection. It is easy to see why I bought them and why from that moment I have never stopped collecting. The head of the bobbin or heddle - pulley which is after all only a functional object for the purpose of weaving seemed to me then and today as beautiful as a Greek goddess. The fetish moved me as deeply as the bobbin by its silent tragic dignity and its air of profound meditation. GUARANTEE AUTHENTICITY AND CONDITION OF ITEMS ARE GUARANTEE TO THEIR DESCRIPTION. IF THE ITEM IS FOUND TO BE NOT AS DESCRIBED OR PICTURED, FULL REIMBURSEMENT OF THE WINNING BID AMOUNT AND SHIPPING CHARGE WILL BE GIVEN. QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, OR MORE DETAIL PICTURES. EMAIL:GOTHAMGALLERY@AOL.COM SHIPPING SHIPPING VIA USPS PRIORITY MAIL UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING COST PLEASE INQUIRE. PAYMENT PAYMENT ACCEPTED - PAYPAL. OTHER FORMS OF PAYMENT PLEASE INQUIRE FIRST.
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