Female mask "mbuya"

wood, red and black paint, kaolin, ideal female physiognomy with bedroom eyes "sanze", cap from fine raffia bast with plant fibre cords, insect caused damage, abrasion of paint, base.
Called "the female mask" or "gambanda", resp. "kambanda". The male dancer wears beautiful and costly clothes, bracelets and anklets - he is dressed like a beautiful young girl liable to become the trophy wife of a high-status male. The female mask dances to the rhythms of comtemporary popular dances and performs little comedies with a mirror and comb to suggest her vanity and preoccupation with appearance.