Zemanek-Münster

Mask ·  D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3034641

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Provenance
Portuguese Collection
Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch

Description

light wood, brown and black paint, bearded face, surmounted by a peaked cap. rep. (surface area of the cheeks), min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion and insect caused damage;
probably depicting an European.


The object Mask with the object ID 3034641 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 414.

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Comparing literature

Lehuard, Raoul, Art Bakongo, Les Masques, Troisième Volume, Arnouville 1993, p. 768


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