Mask · D. R. Congo, Dengese · ID: 3043353
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, BelgiumWolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
Size
H: 89 cm
H: 35.0 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, red and white pigment, oversized nose, bonnet backside, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion.
Presumably belonging to the mask type of “nyibita” which is associated with a young warlord, and was danced at the court of the Kuba monarch.
Comparing literature
Herreman, Frank & Constantijn Petridis (ed.), Face of the Spirits, Tervuren 1993, p. 140 f.