Zemanek-Münster

Mask "kifwebe"

D. R. Congo, Songye
sold EUR 3,800
Provenance
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
Size
H: 41 cm
H: 16.1 inch

Description

wood, lusterless patina, black paint, darkened kaolin, animal hair, flat forehead ridge, enlivened by changing colours blackish brown and white, by plain and fine grooved areas, nose ridge with four drilled holes, pierced around the rim, min. dam., water spots, slight traces of abrasion, socle


Comparing literature

Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, ill. 88

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