Dance staff ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3038308

Description

wood, dark brown and reddish brown patina, staff rectangular in cross section, carved with two masks in traditional “kifwebe” style, decorated with concentrical grooves, enlivened by change of colours dark- and red brown, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks (mouth of the lower mask), metal plate

The object Dance staff with the object ID 3038308 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 481 achieved a sales price of EUR 650.

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