Five dance panels/spears ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3040989

Description

wood, black patina, a) dance spear, l: 54 cm; tip cut; b) dance spear with inserted iron tip, wrapped with bands from metal sheet, l: 96,5 cm; c) dance spear, l: 50,3 cm; d) dance spear, l: 33 cm; e) dance panel, l: 49,5 cm, each carved with “kifwebe”-style mask faces and grooved decor, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage and rep. (b), abrasion of paint (e), each mounted on pedestal

The object Five dance panels/spears with the object ID 3040989 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 473 achieved a sales price of EUR 850.

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