ITEM #:
55026
ETHNICITY:
Yaka
ORIGIN:
Democratic Republic of Congo
YAKA NDEEMA MASK:
Wonderful old Yaka Ndeema Mask from the Jean-Pierre Hallet Estate Collection. Masks of this genre were used in the initiation rites of the young boys coming of age.
ITEM #:
2702
ETHNICITY:
Yaka
ORIGIN:
Democratic Republic of Congo
YAKA M'BWOOLO FETISH FIGURE
A Yaka M'Bwoolo Fetish figure, used by diviners in the healing and protection rituals that they held, also used by families and vliages to ward off evil. 
