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In Bamileke (Mbalekeo
emphasizing the breasts and buttocks of the woman it represents
and intervenes at the time of agrarian rituals and funerals
and costume all have symbolic meaning
the key of the Nile or crux ansata (Latin meaning "cross with a handle")
Antique Songye Mask From Congo 13x8.5 with rafia upto 28 in congo In Bamileke (MbalekeoTRIBAL AFRICAN ART SONGYE (BASONGE, BASONGYE, BASSONGO, BAYEMBE, SONGE, SONGHAY, WASONGA) Democratic Republic of the Congo n the Songye language, a mask is a kifwebe: this term has been given to masks representing spirits and characterized by striations. Depending on the region, it may be dark with white strips, or the reverse. The kifwebe masks embodied supernatural forces. The kifwebe society used them to ward off disaster or any threat. The masks,
