Helmet mask · D. R. Congo, Mbala/Kwese · ID: 3042394

Name: Helmet mask
SKU: 3042394
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Louis Dansert, Cannes, France

Size

H: 29,5 cm

H: 11.6 inch

Description

wood, polychrome paint, metal tags, exuberant grass fibre collar, the actual facial plane proportionally small, coiffure with middle crest, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage (inside) and abrasion;
such bell-shaped helmet masks performed during circumcision rites for young boys. They can be found by a great number of ethnical groups in southwestern Zaire: especially with the Suku, but with the Yaka, Mbala, Hungaan, Pindi and Pende as well.

The object Helmet mask with the object ID 3042394 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 436.

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