An Ituri mask

An Ituri mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, of the Mbbuti people. Signs of ritual use. Certificate of origin and provenance.

The tropical rainforest located in the Ituri Province of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has been inhabited by nomadic groups of people known as the Mbuti for over four thousand years. Accounts of their existence appear in documents of Egyptian pharaohs (c. 2250 BCE) who ordered expeditions to discover the source of the north-flowing Nile River, and in the Iliad, Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem (c. 1260–1180 BCE).

Height: 29 cm
Weight: 0,9 kg incl. stand