Anthropomorphic mask "mbuya" · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3048197
sold
EUR 3,500
Provenance
Mia Blondeau, Antwerp, Belgium (acquired ca.1954)Christie’s, Paris, 4 December 2008, Lot 186
Size
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Description
wood, colour pigments, raffia fibres, rest., base
This beautiful mask is particularly impressive because of its elaborate hairstyle in the form of a high cap, which is covered in dense rows of looped raffia fibres.
It could be the embodiment of a female diviner “nganga ngombo”.
Publications
AHDRC: 0038352