Face mask · Tanzania, Ziba · ID: 3032786
not available anymore
Provenance
David Henrion, Sauvenière, BelgiumBelgian 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