Kuba Bushoong Bwoom Royal Mask, Kongo #887 evil eye beads 18mm and 22mm x 64mm

18mm and 22mm x 64mm

in the company of several women (most commonly three)

Bamana Ritual Staff

so I concentrate in this chapter on four of the masks belonging to the Palace Kwifon Society in the Chiefdom of Oku

its four cardinal directions and a link to powerful pillanes

Kuba Bushoong Bwoom Royal Mask, Kongo #887 evil eye beads 18mm and 22mm x 64mmKuba Bushoong Bwoom Royal Mask, Kongo #887 Materials: wood richly decorated with cowrie shells and beads. There are more than twenty different types of masks that function within the men's initiation society. Bwooms specific identity varies according to different versions of the myth. He may represent the kings younger brother, a person of Twa descent, or a commoner. Embodying a subversive force within the royal court, the Bwoom masquerade is