Zemanek-Münster

Female ancestor spirit mask "mwana phwevo" ·  Angola / Zambia, Luena (Lwena) / Lovale · ID: 3051896

sold EUR 1,600
Provenance
Walter Bareiss, Salach, Germany
Neumeisters Moderne, Munich, 10 November 2005, lot 150
Bettina Rübesam, Munich, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 6 November 2021, lot 364
Size
H: 21,5 cm
H: 8.5 inch

Description

wood, animal teeth, base


The object Female ancestor spirit mask “mwana phwevo” with the object ID 3051896 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 383 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.

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Publications

Roy, Christopher D., "Kilengi, Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Bareiss, München 1997, p. 142, ill. 74; Roy D. Christopher, Kilengi. African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection, Seattle 1997, p.138, ill. 74

AHDRC: 0001516


Exhibition

Expo: "Kilengi. African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection": Hannover, Germany: Kestner Gesellschaft, 30 August-19 October 1997; Vienna, Austria: Mak - Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, 12 November 1997-18 January 1998; Munich, Germany: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, 8 April-5 July 1998; Iowa City, USA: The University of Iowa Museum of Art, 27 March-23 May 1999; Puchase, NY, USA: Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, 26 September 1999-10 January 2000


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