Mask "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3035571
Heléne Amiault Girault, Bagnolet, France
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”.
The object Mask “kifwebe” with the object ID 3035571 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 402 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200.
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Comparing literature
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, ill. 88