Mask "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3035571
sold
EUR 2,200
Provenance
Gabriel Viaud-Bruant, Poitiers, France (1865-1948)Heléne Amiault Girault, Bagnolet, France
Size
H: 53 cm
H: 20.9 inch
Description
wood, lusterless patina, polychrome paint, animal hair, of elongated narrow form, eyes and mouth widely projecting to the front, extensive disc-shaped forehead crest, covered with fine linear grooves, pierced around the rim, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
representing the male “kifwebe” type “kilume”.
Comparing literature
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, ill. 88