Circular mask of the "ekanga" society · D. R. Congo, Yela · ID: 3045721
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Old British CollectionSize
D: 22,5 cm / 24,5 cm
D: 8.9 inch / 9.6 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 199, ill. 8