A helmet mask known as Mboom or Bwoom representing local pygmies, the common people, in a play retelling the myth of Bushoong royal origins, performed at major funerals, royal ceremonies and initiations
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A helmet mask known as Mboom or Bwoom representing local pygmies, the common people, in a play retelling the myth of Bushoong royal origins, performed at major funerals, royal ceremonies and initiations

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A helmet mask known as Mboom or Bwoom representing local pygmies, the common people, in a play retelling the myth of Bushoong royal origins, performed at major funerals, royal ceremonies and initiations, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Africa. Kuba. 19th 20th c Central Congo h=19.

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Werner Forman Archive / Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium

Date

25 nov. 2009

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

Notre référence

UMG12A21_414

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

39,8Mo (2,1Mo) / 28,7cm x 34,8cm / 3392 x 4105 (300dpi)

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