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Harmonious calls in the pond
Portrait of Confucius
Paesaggio Zhaoguang
Green monochrome bowl
Right now
Muminia mask
He big Buddha
Jar
Cizhou jar
He Great Buddha
Large celadon plate
Guan Di
Guayin
Bracelets Me - woôre - kà
Rori beanie hat - rori
Akôkakô Labial Disc
Grande Diadema Krôkrôk - tire
Bridal Ornament
Jue tripod glass
Hair pins
Cizhou jar
Yi Ritual Vase
The big screen
Chinese Coinser

Kwame mask

Anonymous

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Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography of Parma

Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography of Parma

Viale S. Martino, 8, Parma

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The Kwame mask is used during the funeral rites of the Kwame ethnic group, who live in the north-east area of the Lega area in Congo. The anthropomorphic mask is made from a long wooden plank, slightly curved at the lateral ends, on the top of which there is a sort of crown made through the use of fowl feathers. It is characterized by a very spacious forehead and a wide arched eyebrow arch which, joining the bridge of the nose, creates a heart shape made even more visible by the white kaolin with which it is painted. This heart shape is the typical conformation of the face in the Lega sculptural tradition, a culture that has contaminated the artistic style of the contiguous ethnic groups.
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Title: Kwame mask

Author: Anonymous

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Displayed in: Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography of Parma

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