Horned mask "giphogo" · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3035716
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, SwitzerlandHans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1970)
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland (1973)
Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, a heart-shaped facial plane with tube-shaped protruding mouth, cheek scarifications, pierced around the rim, traces of insect caused damage and abrasion
The object Horned mask “giphogo” with the object ID 3035716 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 134 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 141, ill. 2