Helmet mask "chikwanga"
D. R. Kongo, Bakwa-Luntu / Luluwa (Bena-Lulua)
Price
EUR 10,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 93, ill. 1Publications
Tribal Art Magazine, XVIII.1, n° 71, Spring 2014, p. 130, fig.15AHDRC: 0033237