Mascara Banja.
"These masks, used in circumcision ceremonies, are of the type that was borrowed from the Banja by the Ngbaka. The original version has narrower eye holes and a thinner nose"(1). Like this one.

"Banja sculpture is similar to Ngbandi and Ngbaka, but uses rougher lines and more Central African Republic stylisation." (2)Like this one.

(1)(2) Marc L. Felix,100 peoples of Zaïre and their sculpture, The handboek, Brussels,1987, p.6.
H : 30 cm .