Shops Bembe Hand-Carved Vintage Wooden African Mask

Product Name: Shops Bembe Hand-Carved Vintage Wooden African Mask
Authentic African hand carved and painted vintage wooden mask representing the Bembe tribe of the eastern region of The Democratic Republic of the Congo. No provenance to support age. Imported. Approximately 14"h, 8.5"w, 4"d. The Bembe are an shops ethnic and linguistic group based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania. A semi-nomadic people, who often settled in forest environments, the Bembe tended to abandon their small villages as the soil became less fertile. The women cultivated the crops and the men hunted and fished.