VINTAGE FINE HAND CARVED + DETAILED 'CHOKWE' FEMALE FORM AFRICAN MASK - $499 - (Oberlin, KS)

TRULY WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF A FINELY DETAILED , HAND CARVED CHOKWE FEMALE FORM WOOD MASK. ACCENTED WITH FIBER 'HAIR' + SEED POD DECORATIONS IN THE HEADBAND. The Chokwe people are an ethnic group of Central and Southern Africa. They are found primarily in Angola, south-western parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northwestern parts of Zambia. Their ancestry is likely mixed and traced to aboriginal Mbundu and Mbuti Pygmies.

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