Register Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster
Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 67,5 cm (H: 26.6 inch), ID: 3052607
Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 67,5 cm (H: 26.6 inch), ID: 3052607 - 2/5 Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 67,5 cm (H: 26.6 inch), ID: 3052607 - 3/5 Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 67,5 cm (H: 26.6 inch), ID: 3052607 - 4/5 Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 67,5 cm (H: 26.6 inch), ID: 3052607 - 5/5
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Auction 105

Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu" ·  D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3052607

Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 4,000
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Provenance
Belgian Private Collection
Size
H: 67,5 cm
H: 26.6 inch

Description

wood, pigments, rest.

Present mask type is used at circumcision rites by the “butende bwa eluba” society. The eyes should remind on an owl, which is said to have close connections to the spirits of nature.

“Eluba" is worn by initiated boys when, during the period of seclusion, they roam through the village to beg for food.

Comparing literature

Herreman, Frank & Constantijn Petridis (ed.), Face of the Spirits, Tervuren 1993, p. 184 f.

Africa
Masks

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