Male figure (ofika) used in the initiation rites of the all-male Lilwa association within the Mbole
Male figure (ofika) used in the initiation rites of the all-male Lilwa association within the Mbole people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. Artist unknown; 1875. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art. -- source link
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