Mask · D. R. Congo, Ituri · ID: 3037075
not available anymore
Provenance
collected in situ (before 1938)French Private Collection, Paris
Pace Primitive, New York, USA (#53-0631)
Size
H: 55 cm
H: 21.7 inch
Description
light wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, flat face with prominent nose ridge, painted in stripes, long raffia beard, min. dam., traces of abrasion, base;
the rain forest region Ituri is the home of various ethnical groups. Their mask types show great stylistic similarities, so that we can talk about one stylistic region.
The object Mask with the object ID 3037075 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 460.
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