Product code: LEGA Passport MASK from Congo. DRC. Bwami Society Mask. offers African Mask, Tribale Tribal Art.
A Vintage Lega Passport Mask from Democratic Republic of Congo, carved from a hardwood.
Kaolin Residue around the eye's.
These small Passport Masks are the personal masks of initiated adult offers men and would be carried on their person in leather pouches when they travelled, worn on the arm, carried in the hand, attached to a hat or kept on personal shrines in the home. Passport masks identify their tribes or countries of origin. They are powerful charms, filled with spirit, with potential for good or evil.
Vintage in age. The mask has a slightly concave face with kaolin around the eye's.
Purchased from an Antiques Fair.
Nice used condition.
Collectable Tribal Art.
Height 5 inches, 12.5 cm.
Width 3 inches, 7.5 cm.
Tracked Postage.