Mask · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3034243
Rudolph de Ruijter, Katlijk, The Netherlands
Description
wood, polychrome paint, zoomorphic mask face (goat?) with protruding eyes, two pairs of horns and a rattan bonnet, supporting a phantastic pagoda-like superstructure, abundant grass fibre cuff, min. dam., rep. (left horn), small missing parts through insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion, metal socle
The object Mask with the object ID 3034243 was part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction on March 9, 2013. The object with the lot number 476 achieved a sales price of EUR 700 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 168, ill. 156