Mask · Angola, Ngangela · ID: 3035717
Brock & Art, Bern Switzerland (1994)
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, human hair, miniature glass beads, rotan bonnet, covered with coarse sacking, remains of a net-like knotted costume, pierced around the rim, rep. (breakage left side), tears (bonnet), slight traces of abrasion, base;
the Ngangela are an ethnic group numbering about 50,000 people. They have their homeland on the banks of the Cubango River in the central Highlands of Angola, to the north- and to the southwest of Chitembo. Their masks and art works are heavily influenced by the Chokwe, the former being mainly produced of plant fibres, twigs, and barks, but also of wood.
The object Mask with the object ID 3035717 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 147 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Utotombo - L'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges, Bruxelles 1988, p. 102