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

The object Anthropomorphic face mask “nsembu” or “ibole” with the object ID 3044741 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 267 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700.

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Comparing literature

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

Publications

AHDRC: 0035007

Africa
Masks

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