Mask "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3034489
sold
EUR 1,200
Size
H: 47 cm
H: 18.5 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, black paint, enlivened by changing colours (black and white) and by plain and fine grooved areas, pierced around the rim, cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, metal socle
The object Mask “kifwebe” with the object ID 3034489 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 447 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.
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Comparing literature
Mestach, Jean Willy, Songye Studien, München 1985, p. 80