Circular mask of the "ekanga" society ·  D. R. Congo, Yela · ID: 3045721

Description

wood, pigments,
According to M. L. Felix these circular masks are kept in a special basket in the meeting lodge of the very secret “ekanga” society.

For a comparable object see AHDRC 0035297.

The object Circular mask of the “ekanga” society with the object ID 3045721 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 247 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 199, ill. 8