Mask "kidumu" · D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3043190
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Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanyFriedrich Spengelin, Hannover/Hamburg, Germany
Size
B: 34,5 cm
H: 38 cm
B: 13.6 inch
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, min. dam., cracks, traces of insect caused damage.
Flat masks are for the most part strictly confined to the Tsai group of the Teke tribe and show an abstract human face. They are used by members of the “kidumu” society.
Comparing literature
Lehuard, Raoul, Les arts Bateke, Arnouville 1996, p. 117 ff.