The Chokwe people
influenced the art of many neighboring peoples, including the Mbunda,
Lovale and Mbangani tribes. The most powerful and important Chokwe mask
is known as chikunga. Highly charged with power and considered sacred,
chikunga is used during investiture ceremonies of a chief and sacrifices
to the ancestors. These masks are made of bark cloth stretched over
armature of wickerwork, covered over with black resin and painted with
red and white designs. Only the current chief of a group wears chikunga
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