Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Danse du masque Kambanda." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Dancer performing the mask Kambanda."
De Sousberghe photographed a dancer performing the mask Kambanda at a masquerade at Lufushi (Central Pende). "Mbuya jia mukhetu", the female mask, also known as Gambanda among the Central Pende or Kambanda among the Eastern Pende, represents the contemporary fashionable young woman across all Pende country. In addition, the Central Pende have developed a plethora of names for masks in this genre that reflect the different dances that the mask may perform: Galuhenge, Gagilembelembe, Gatambi a Imbuanda, Gakholo, Gabugu, Odoma, Elisa Solo and Gahunga a Sshishi.
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LS 082
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