Of classical form with the face emerging from a planar surface, the forehead pointed and with high rounded eyes, the ears well carved and the face rounded. The phallic nose with bulbous end, the chine beneath, surrounded by perforations for fiber attachment. Remains of red and blue pigment on a white field. On a custom base.
Comments: Dr. Arthur P. Bourgeois, Expert on the Kwilu-Kwango saw this mask in early October 2013 in person and remarked that the type is Lula or Nkanu, and that this example was fine and authentic, being by a known hand, and of high quality and had been traditionally used.