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Beautiful old "pota" mask ·  D. R. Congo, Pende (East) · ID: 3047488

sold EUR 950
Provenance
Gijs Donkers, Leiden, The Netherlands
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch

Description

wood, colour pigments, base

According to Strother, “pota” performs with great variety and often executes manoevres associated with other masks. “Pota” often takes over duties from “giphogo” so that it is described as “first minister” among the village masks.


The object Beautiful old “pota” mask with the object ID 3047488 was part of the auction 96th Auction on April 24, 2021. The object with the lot number 132 achieved a sales price of EUR 950 with an asking price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Strother, Z.S., Pende, Mailand 2008, p. 104, pl. 3


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