Figure of a mask dancer with "tundu" mask · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3039531
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Provenance
Kevin Conru, London, Great BritainSize
H: 53,5 cm
H: 21.1 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, black paint (maks), extremely bulging abdomen, min. dam., missing parts (foot tips, right ear), slight traces of abrasion, base;
“tundu” acts as the clown or idiot in masquerades. He is grotesque in physical appearance and even more so in his behavior. His role in the masquerade is to show how disgusting it looks when one does not follow social standards.
The object Figure of a mask dancer with “tundu” mask with the object ID 3039531 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 484.
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