Bird mask "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Luba/Songe · ID: 3042814
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyGerman Private Collection
Size
H: 50 cm
H: 19.7 inch
Description
wood, black and red paint, kaolin, plant fibre, slightly dam. (beak), missing parts, rep. (vertical crack/breakage underneath the left eye), insect caused damage, abrasion of paint.
Present mask is an example for the further development of the classic “kifwebe” mask type.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., Beauty and the beasts, New Jersey 2003, p. 71 f.
Publications
AHDRC: 0150631