
Mask (Yombe) - Artist: Master of Kasadi - EO.0.0.37966
4th quarter of the 19th century. Wood (Ricinodendron heudelotii). Angola/RD Congo. Registered in 1937. Collected by Father L. Bittremieux (1930s?).
After the maternity statues, a small number of so-called nganga masks (a nganga is a soothsayer or traditional healer) were also attributed to the Master of Kasadi. Three of them are kept in Tervuren. They show the gaunt face that characterizes the style of this artist. The inside of the masks by the Master of Kasadi is also carved in a specific way.