Figure of a mask dancer · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3035521
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
The object Figure of a mask dancer with the object ID 3035521 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 394 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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