Zemanek-Münster

Face mask

Tanzania, Ziba
not available anymore
Provenance
David Henrion, Sauvenière, Belgium
Belgian Private Collection
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch

Description

wood, black patina, kaolin, animal hair, deep flutes filled with kaolin giving the face a geometrical structure, the rectangular pierced mouth framed by drilled holes, animal hair in the area of the temples, wooden splices at the same place, chin beard, slightly dam., minor missing parts, rep. (iron clip on the head), on metal base;
extremely expressive effect.


Comparing literature

Krieger, Kurt, Ostafrikanische Plastik, Berlin 1990, ill. 83

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