68/5695 Tribal arts Dance mask or Mwano Pwo Lovale/Lwena Angola 68/5695 [Tribal arts]. Dance mask or "Mwano Pwo", Lovale/Lwena, Angola. Carved wood, coloured beads and plant fibre, ±24x17x15 cm., first half 20th cent. = The Lovale or Lwena people are closely related to the Chokwe people. This type of mask represents an ideal young female beauty or "Mwano Pwo". Mwano Pwo would dance with male counterparts during initiation rites to bring prosperity to the village.
68/5695 Tribal arts Dance mask or Mwano Pwo Lovale/Lwena Angola 68/5695 [Tribal arts]. Dance mask or "Mwano Pwo", Lovale/Lwena, Angola. Carved wood, coloured beads and plant fibre, ±24x17x15 cm., first half 20th cent. = The Lovale or Lwena people are closely related to the Chokwe people. This type of mask represents an ideal young female beauty or "Mwano Pwo". Mwano Pwo would dance with male counterparts during initiation rites to bring prosperity to the village.
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