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Helmet mask ·  D. R. Congo, Southern Kasai, Kete - Kuba · ID: 3048343

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Provenance
Wolff, Strasbourg, France
Size
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch

Description

wood, colour pigments, metal, animal skin, grass fibre, base

The Kete were exposed to many artistic influences from neighbouring groups. Therefore art historians like Felix (1987) have classified the Kete into the eastern Kete, the Kete-Kuba, and the Kete-Lulua.


The object Helmet mask with the object ID 3048343 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 309.

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Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 56, fig. 5


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