The Western Pende (Kwango) are known as the "keepers of traditional style," which is characterized by stylized realism, portraiture and caricature. Masks display heavy-lidded and triangular, half-closed eyes, an angular nose, cheek scarification, and... This wood face mask has a fiber coiffure, pigments and raffia suspensions, and a woven fiber head cover on the back. The Western Pende (Kwango) style is characterized by stylized realism, portraiture and caricature. Their masks have heavy-lidded and tr...
