Helmet mask "hemba" · D. R. Congo, Suku · ID: 3037769
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Size
H: 47 cm
H: 18.5 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, black pigment, abundant grass fibre cuff at the bottom, min. dam., fine cracks, traces of abrasion
The object Helmet mask “hemba” with the object ID 3037769 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 500.
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Comparing literature
Herreman, Frank & Constantijn Petridis (ed.), Face of the Spirits, Tervuren 1993, p. 50, ill. 2