Zemanek-Münster

Figure of a mask dancer

D. R. Congo, Pende
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


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