Helmet ask "muluala" · D. R. Congo, Biombo · ID: 3038896

Name: Helmet ask "muluala"
SKU: 3038896
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Lore & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ 1956, Tshikapa District)

Size

H: 42,5 cm

H: 16.7 inch

Description

wood, polychrome paint, conical-shaped protruding eyes with metal tag pupils, scarification marks in tribe-typical triangular pattern, repeated at the coiffure, knob-like appendage, plant fibre cuff around the lower rim, dam., rep. (metal clamps on the left side), small missing parts, cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
the mask “muluala” with chameleon eyes was used at funerals of important clan members and is also seen among the Kete-Kuba and Bushoong.

The object Helmet ask “muluala” with the object ID 3038896 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 415.

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