Helmet ask "muluala"
D. R. Congo, Biombo
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.