Helmet mask "giphogo" · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3038895
not available anymore
Provenance
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, June 1959)Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, slit eyes and a snout-shaped nose, beard with zigzag ornaments, coiffure with knob-like projection, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, cracks
Comparing literature
Herreman, Frank & Constantijn Petridis (ed.), Face of the Spirits, Tervuren 1993, p. 73