Mask · D. R. Congo, Bakongo/Chokwe/Pende · ID: 3042870
not available anymore
Provenance
Jo de Buck, Brussels, BelgiumFreedun Ostowar, Eigeltingen, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 September 2005, lot 304
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
wood, dyed with camwood powder, traces of kaolin, nearly naturalistic modelled facial features, pierced eyes with lowered lids, flat nose, coiffure from plant fibre with animal horn, drilled holes around the rim, min. dam., small missing parts, fine cracks, paint rubbed off, base
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L. (ed.), Kongo Kingdom Art, China 2003, p. 109, ill. 2,11