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Anthropomorphic mask "mbuya" ·  D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3050033

Price EUR 1,200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
French Collection, Alsace
Size
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch

Description

wood, pigments, raffia, plant fibres, missing parts (insect caused damage)

The Pende use dance masks “mbuya”, which appear during non-ritual festivities to entertain the village community.

The mask figures represent different characters and role models of Pende society. There are embodiments of chiefs (“fumu”), wise old men with long beards (“giwoyo” or “muyombo”), executioners (“pumbu”), fortune tellers (“nganga ngombo”) and bewitched persons “mbangu”, up to representations of clowns “tundu” and prostitutes “ngobo”.


The object Anthropomorphic mask “mbuya” with the object ID 3050033 was part of the auction 101st Auction on November 11, 2023, lot number 325 at that time and is currently available for EUR 1,200 in Open sale.

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