Mask · D. R. Congo, Azande · ID: 3039761
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