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Start Over Donor Bonnie B. Keller Culture or time period Chokwe
Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 5-2626a-c, described as A) Dance costume (Likishi) made of looped fiber; root of musamba; shirt (chivuvu) with gloved hands; red and black. B) Leggings (mikono); same material and technique as (A). Mask similar to 2625 worn. This costume is used by male dancers in the circumcision ceremonies to frighten the young initiates, and can be used with various masks such as the kapongo. A special man knits the costume (a boy who has learned the secrets after his initiation) but has no special tribal name. The costume is made by the Luvale, Chokwe, Mbunda, Luchase and Kanpala tribes, of the roots of the musamba which is made into fiber by rolling it on the theigh and then it is knitted.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2623, described as fiber +wood mask
Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-2659, described as Twined mat; wrap and weft from wild sisal; painted designs in brown and purple. Used as sweating mats or in deck-type chairs; approx 41 inches x 20 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing basket, accession number 5-2650, described as Winnowing basket; circular; twilled; mukenge roots and musamba bark; rim of mukolongozo branches; 18 inches diameter, 3.25 inches height.

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