Zemanek-Münster

Mask

D. R. Congo, Yaka
sold EUR 700
Provenance
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
Rudolph de Ruijter, Katlijk, The Netherlands
Size
H: 89 cm
H: 35.0 inch

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


Comparing literature

Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 168, ill. 156

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