Translated original Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Pende. Kashungu on the Lubwe river."
De Sousberghe photographed door-panels at Kashungu (Central Pende). Architectural figures flanking the door of the chief's ritual house (kibulu) represent the chief's personal guard, and serve as spirit sentinels concerned with the chief alone while the rooftop sculpture, resting on the ritual pole, functions primarily to protect the village. These door-panels are called kenene among the Eastern Pende and pego among the Central Pende.
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LS 158
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