Mask "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3033058
sold
EUR 3,330
Provenance
Alain Guisson, Brussels, BelgiumRudolph de Ruijter, Katlijk, The Netherlands
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Size
H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, black and blue pigments, presumably depicting a monkey (baboon?), nice detail: eyebrows made from real hair, pierced around the rim in two rows, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion;
since the mid-1980s some variations on the typical “kifwebe” masks appeared. The classic rectangular box shape and the grooved pattern receded, while attributes of certain animals were added.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., Beauty and the beasts, New Jersey 2003, p. 77, ill. 99