Pende sickness mask
Collected
before 1952.
size: 32 cm
Price: SOLD
The mbangu mask represent a hunter stricken with facial paralysis.
It demonstrates that even someone important can get ill and gives a lesson about disease and moral values
In this case, the Pende believe facial paralysis is the result of sorcery, or that someone jealous inflicted disease.
This mask also teaches rewards of good behavior against those who are morally flawed.
to compare see the one from Tervueren
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