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Lot 383
Auction 104

Female ancestor spirit mask "mwana phwevo"

Angola / Zambia, Luena (Lwena) / Lovale
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

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
Africa
Masks

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