Face mask "phumbu" ·  D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3036503

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, camwood powder, black paint, raffia bast, plantfibre, coiffure of three horn-like projections, remains of a costume at the chin, incised scarifications, aggressive facial features, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, base

The object Face mask “phumbu” with the object ID 3036503 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 587.

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Comparing literature

Strother, Z.S., Pende, Mailand 2008, p. 106 Strother, Z.S., Inventing masks, The University of Chicago, 1998, p. 211 ff. Pende, Collection J. M. Desaive et Ch. Laeremans, Brussels 2009, p. 47