Anthropomorphic face mask "nsembu" or "ibole", D. R. Congo, Kumu, Size: H: 32 cm (H: 12.6 inch), ID: 3044741

Anthropomorphic face mask "nsembu" or "ibole", D. R. Congo, Kumu, Size: H: 32 cm (H: 12.6 inch), ID: 3044741 - 2/5

Anthropomorphic face mask "nsembu" or "ibole", D. R. Congo, Kumu, Size: H: 32 cm (H: 12.6 inch), ID: 3044741 - 3/5

Anthropomorphic face mask "nsembu" or "ibole", D. R. Congo, Kumu, Size: H: 32 cm (H: 12.6 inch), ID: 3044741 - 4/5

Anthropomorphic face mask "nsembu" or "ibole", D. R. Congo, Kumu, Size: H: 32 cm (H: 12.6 inch), ID: 3044741 - 5/5

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Lot 267

90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Anthropomorphic face mask "nsembu" or "ibole" · D. R. Congo, Kumu · ID: 3044741

sold EUR 1,700

Provenance

German Collection
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 24 November 2007, lot 195

Size

H: 32 cm

H: 12.6 inch

Description

wood,
This masks are used by the “nkunda” society of sorcerers who call upon the primordial ancestors for purposes of social control.

Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 65 ill. 1

Publications

AHDRC: 0035007

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