Mask · D. R. Congo, Nyanga · ID: 3042123

Name: Mask
SKU: 3042123
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2002)
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany

Size

H: 23 cm

H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint remains, slightly asymmetrical facial features, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base;
these masks are property of the “bwami” society. There are five different types: “lukwakongo”, “kayamba”, “idimu”, “muminia”, and “lukungu”. They serve as important marks of rank, identifying the owners as members of specific “bwami” levels. The “idimu” mask is owned collectively and is kept by an appropriate member of “yananio” or “kindi”. In a major performance , the “idimu” mask is hung on a fence surrounded by the smaller, individually owned “lukwakongo” masks.

The object Mask with the object ID 3042123 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 153.

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