Mask "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3035382
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
The object Mask “kifwebe” with the object ID 3035382 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 401 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,800.
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Comparing literature
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, ill. 88