Big "sachihongo" mask · Zambia, Mbunda · ID: 3041888

Name: Big "sachihongo" mask
SKU: 3041888
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Daniel Denoyez, Windhoek, Namibia (collected in situ in the 1960’s)

Size

B: 68 cm

H: 38 cm

B: 26.8 inch

H: 15.0 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, red pigment, extremely broad in shape, characteristic features: eyebrows in concentrical grooves, vertical forehead/nose ridge, bulging cheeks, slightly dam. (nose), missing parts along the rim and backside, cracks (right eye), abrasion of paint;
“sachihongo” has been described as the incarnation of a hunter and/or diviner, but probably represents a chiefly ancestral character. The masks appear after the circumcision of young boys, during times of convalescence in the bush camps. The mask is completed by a crown of feathers, fiber beard and a net suit, made of the fibers of the “mushamba” tree.

The object Big “sachihongo” mask with the object ID 3041888 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 501.

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