Antique Chokwe Bamboo Mask From Congo and Angola 12x8 in Sigma Gamma Rho SMALL MASK

SMALL MASK

Best known are those of the Northern Ibo mmo society

but most of the meanings are now lost

They are worn by men who act as police at the behest of a ruler

Antique Golah or Gola mask from the Golah trbie of Ivory Coast

Antique Chokwe Bamboo Mask From Congo and Angola 12x8 in Sigma Gamma Rho SMALL MASKOne million Chokwe (at least 30 different spellings all based upon the name these people call themselves, Kocokwe, in plural Tucokwe) have spread out over a wide area in the eastern Angola, southern DRC and Zambia. Their history dated back to the 15th century, when a Lunda queen married a Luba prince Chibinda Ilunga. A significant member of the Lunda aristocracy so disapproved of the marriage that they migrated south to present day Angola. Once