Register Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster
Anthropomorphic mask "idimu", D. R. Congo, Lega, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3052294
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Lot 352
Auction 105

Anthropomorphic mask "idimu" ·  D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3052294

Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
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Provenance
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 September 1994, lot 170
Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, kaolin, red pigment,

The “idimu” mask is owned collectively and is kept by an approriate member of “yananio” or “kindi”.

In a major performance, the “idimu” is hung from a fence “pala” surrounded by all the smaller, individually owned “lukwakongo” masks that belong to those in attendance.

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