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Anthropomorphic helmet mask, D. R. Congo, Kwese, Size: H: 38 cm (H: 15.0 inch), ID: 3045953
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Lot 265
93rd Tribal Art Auction

Anthropomorphic helmet mask ·  D. R. Congo, Kwese · ID: 3045953

sold EUR 400
Provenance
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch

Description

wood, colour pigments, grass fibre, rep. (quadruped)

These bell-shaped helmet masks appear during the circumcision of the boys. They are found among a number of peoples in southwestern Zaire, especially the Suku, but also the Yaka, Mbala, Hungaan, Pindi, Kwese and Pende.

Africa
Masks

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