Mask board "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3034493
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Size
H: 70,5 cm
H: 27.8 inch
Description
light brown wood, polychrome paint, shield-shaped, with a “kifwebe” mask superimposed, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, traces of abrasion, metal socle;
they have a dual function: first as a dance mask and secondly as an emblem of the “bifwebe” association to be hung to a wall or fence.
The object Mask board “kifwebe” with the object ID 3034493 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 468.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., Beauty and the beasts, New Jersey 2003, p. 53