Face mask "midimu" · Tanzania, Makua · ID: 3042134
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Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2001)Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Size
H: 21,5 cm
H: 8.5 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, dark paint remains, small see holes, pierced mouth with singular carved teeth, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, traces of insect caused damage, base;
the “midimu” (“spirit”) masks appeared at the end of circumcision rites, when the young boys and girls returned from the bush camps. The masquerades fulfilled ritual as well as educational functions.
The object Face mask “midimu” with the object ID 3042134 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 158.
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Publications
AHDRC: 0142046