Cihongomask (Chokwe).
Angola.
Fabric, fibres, height: 72 cm.
Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.
Symbolising power and wealth. Chiefs wore it during their
sacrament or during propitiatory ceremonies with sacrifices.
Also part of the Mukanda, the young boys initiation, for
male circumcision.