SUPERB OLD AFRICAN MAKONDE HEADRESS LIPICO MASK

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Item number:	200391711110
Item location:	180 E Hartsdale Av # 3D Hartsdale , New York, United States
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Makonde (Wamakonde), Mozambique and Tanzania

Initiation lipico helmet mask. Inhabiting the southeast of Tanzania and the northeast of Mozambique are about 500,000 Makonde, divided into matrilineal clans, each one comprising several villages. They survive economically from farming and occasionally, cattle rearing. Makonde carvers are prolific producers of masks, statues and decorative objects. The most famous are the lipico masks, which are used to mark a boy’s initiation into adulthood. Lipico is the name that Makonde men give to the masker of their masquerading association, who is brought from the bush into the village for initiation celebrations. The dances are accompanied by an orchestra of drummers. These masks have realistic features They are carved with light balsa-like wood and are always worn with a cloth.

Material: wood HAS A HAIR LINE IN THE NECK AND SOME SCRATCHES DUE TO TIME

Size: H. 10”, W. 12 " , D. 8 ½”

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Item location: 180 E Hartsdale Av # 3D Hartsdale , New York, United States

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