Mask "kholuka" of "nkhanda" society · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3039699
Description
wood, cane, cloth, colourful pigments, small face with originally glazed tubular eyes, embedded inbetween abundant grass fibre cuff, conical hat with three discs made from cloth spread on cane structure, slightly dam. (nose), supporting handle missing (insect damage);
worn at the conclusion of initiation celebrations. The masks appear in pairs and are worn with a raffia-knit costume with bells or sounding nuts on their ankles.
The object Mask “kholuka” of “nkhanda” society with the object ID 3039699 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 513 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., The Yaka and Suku, Leiden 1985, p. 26 Bourgeois, Arthur, Yaka, Milan 2014, p. 122