Songye Passport Mask
Regular price
$350.00
$2,100.00
Sale
Songye / Kifwebe, DRC
Purchased on Archeo 2022 trip to South Africa.
A petite mask like this is sometimes referred to as a “passport mask,” a portable piece that would be carried when traveling to distinguish a person’s tribe, and to carry on one’s person the mask's inherent powers. Kifwebe masks are intricately tied to the multi-tier initiation rites within this tribe.