African tribal art mask,VERY OLD tetela Mask from sankuru, DRC

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African tribal art mask,VERY OLD tetela Mask from sankuru, DRC :
$237.50

African tribal art mask,african tetela Mask from DRC approx size 55 cm--21.5 inches high by 22 cm--8.5 inches wide.
TheTetela people(orBatetelain the plural) are an ethnic group of theDemocratic Republic of the Congo, most of whom speak theTetela language.The Batetela live in the region betweenLusamboand theUpper Congo River, in the provinces ofSankuruandManiema.They live by fishing and farming, raising cassava, banana and kola nuts. They are related to theKusu people, and only became separate in the late 1800s after the arrival of Arabs and Belgians in the region.Both the Batetela and the Kusu are subgroups of the largerMongogroup.The name Motetela comes from a god named Motetela, meaning either \"he who laughs not\" or \"he at whom one may not laugh.

According to Emil Torday, who studied the tribes of the Congo between 1908 and 1909,the Batetela originated on the right bank of theLomami Riverand migrated to their present territory at some unknown date.In 1869-70, some Tetela groups came into contact withTippu Tip, anArab slave traderfromZanzibar.[6]Following this, the chieftainGongo Lutetebegan working with Tip and the Arabs to lead the Batetela in slave raids against theLuba peopleinKasai.In theCongo Arab warof 1892-1894, the Batetela fought for the Arabs, but later defected to the Belgians.Gongo Lutete was executed by the Belgians in 1893, however, and this caused the Batetela to revolt in 1895 in the first of theBatetela Rebellions. Successive uprisings followed, lasting until 1908.

During the period immediately following independence,Patrice Lumumba, a Tetela, was a prominent politician and the first Prime Minister of theDemocratic Republic of the Congobefore his assassination in 1961. In 1975, many Batetela werepurgedfrom themilitary

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