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
The object Mask with the object ID 3042870 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 371.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L. (ed.), Kongo Kingdom Art, China 2003, p. 109, ill. 2,11