Helmet mask "chikwanga" · D. R. Kongo, Bakwa-Luntu / Luluwa (Bena-Lulua) · ID: 3051839
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Provenance
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1953)Lempertz, Brussels, 24 April 2010, lot 71
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2011, lot 388
Belgian Private Collection
Size
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, colour pigments, old collection number handwritten on the inside “P49”, collection label “Bena Lulua, Bwa Luntu, 1953” at the same place, rest., base
The object Helmet mask “chikwanga” with the object ID 3051839 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 365.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 93, ill. 1
Publications
Tribal Art Magazine, XVIII.1, n° 71, Spring 2014, p. 130, fig.15
AHDRC: 0033237