Knife with janus faced "kifwebe" - mask · D. R. Congo, Songye, Kalebwe · ID: 3049755
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Peter Loontjens, Kortrijk, BelgiumSize
L: 39 cm
L: 15.4 inch
Description
wood, iron,
These knives belong to the context of the “bwadi bwa kifwebe” society.
The masks are completely covered with grooves and their features exaggerated into the manic.
For a knife with an almost identically designed distinctive mask face see AHDRC 0042300. Another one illustrated in Mestach,1985, p. 96, fig. 16.
Comparing literature
Mestach, Jean Willy, Songye Studien, München 1985, p. 96, fig. 16