Zemanek-Münster

Mask

D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 1,500
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995)
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, deepened eyezone, pierced eyes and mouth, separately worked teeth (partly missing), face painted reddish brown resp. white, min. dam., traces of abrasion;
the mask shows iconographic influences of the Boa.


Comparing literature

Herreman, Frank & Constantijn Petridis (ed.), Face of the Spirits, Tervuren 1993, p. 223

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