Mask · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3034243
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, FranceRudolph 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