Home  >> Back to Masks and Sculpture

Scroll down for more info.
Click on image for larger view.

A FINE OLD MAKONDE MASK W/HAT

Price: $450.00

Code # SCT8
______________________________

A Makonde face mask with hat. Comes with the cloth head cover still attached and custom mounted on a mahogany base. Some cracks and termite damage under nose. Measures 19" tall including stand. This is a Lipiko mask used in ceremony to initiate young Makonde boys into manhood.

The Makonde people live in the coastal highland regions of southern Tanzania and Northern Mozambique. There economy is based on agriculture with corn, sorghun and cassava being the main crops.

______________________________