Male mask "katoyo" · Sambia, Luena · ID: 3035596

Name: Male mask "katoyo"
SKU: 3035596
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Jaap Bongers, San Jose, USA (collected in situ)

Size

H: 23 cm

H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, plant fibre bonnet on rattan frame, abundant coiffure of fabric knorling, eyebrows, whisker and moustache of fur, open mouth carved with single teeth, deeply grooved wrinkles on the forehead, slightly dam., minor missing parts (nose tip, left eye), missing parts in the bonnet, socle;
the fineness of the facial features (nose, eyes) reminding of the “mwana pwevo” masks of the Luena.

The object Male mask “katoyo” with the object ID 3035596 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 456.

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