Mask "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3035382
sold
EUR 3,800
Provenance
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, SwedenSize
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