Anthropomorphic mask · Tanzania, Nyamwesi-Sumbwa · ID: 3052800
Starting price
EUR 6,000
Estimated price
EUR 12,000
Provenance
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, BelgiumFred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Jahn Galerie Franke, Stuttgart, Germany
German Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11 July 2009, lot 501
Kellim Brown, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 34 cm x 26 cm x 23 cm
H: 13.4 inch x 10.2 inch x 9.1 inch
Description
wood, pigments, black mass, handwritten inventory no. “HKBI709", missing part, base
The mask is variously attributed to the Nyamwesi or the closely related Sumbwa. Due to the considerable stylistic overlap between the two groups, a definitive attribution remains difficult.
Publications
Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 403, ill. 210
AHDRC: 0119416