Figure of a mask dancer · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3035521
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1970)Size
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch
Description
wood, black and red paint, red pigment, the body entirely sewn in coarse sacking, a grass fibre skirt around the hips, provided with bag and necklace with animal tooth, depicted in a dancing posture, each hand originally holding a staff, the mask superimposed to the face provided with tubular eyes and a flat headdress with “pompon”, slightly dam., minor missing parts