Large ape mask · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3040592

Name: Large ape mask
SKU: 3040592
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Frank Bell, Cologne, Germany

Size

H: 48 cm

H: 18.9 inch

Description

light wood, kaolin, brown pigment, rectangular box-shape with forehead ridge, protruding eyebrows and slit eyes, vertical grooves interrupted by ornamental lines, spot with applied magical mass on the forehead right hand side, rep. (vertical crack in full length at the left face rim), breakages (head), missing parts at the same place, strong abrasion of paint, water spots, base;
such zoomorphic masks developed from the classic “kifwebe” rectangular box-shape with its typical grooved pattern. The animal masks were performed in funerals of important persons and during other rites of transition and transformation.

The object Large ape mask with the object ID 3040592 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 419.

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