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Tabwa Information
Location:Southeastern Congo (Zaire)
Population:200,000
Language:Kitabwa (Bantu)
Neighboring Peoples:Luba, Bemba, Lunda
Types of Art:Tabwa carvers produce many beautiful utilitarian objects such as combs, drums, and bellows, but also produce sculpted figures representing ancestors and twin figures. Although a few masks exist in collections, very little is known about them.
History:The peoples who currently identify themselves as Tabwa were once a series of small ...
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