Zemanek-Münster

Hut panel with "kifwebe" mask ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3046254

sold EUR 900
Size
H: 54,5 cm
H: 21.5 inch

Description

wood, black paint,
A comparable hut panel is illustrated in J. L. Mestachs standard work about the Songe. According to him, this type of panels was mostly collected between 1900 and 1930.


The object Hut panel with “kifwebe” mask with the object ID 3046254 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 311 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.

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Comparing literature

Mestach, Jean Willy, Songye Studien, München 1985, p. 89, Fig. 10


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