Zemanek-Münster

Mask "kifwebe"

D. R. Congo, Songye
sold EUR 2,200
Provenance
German Private Collection
Size
H: 49 cm
H: 19.3 inch

Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, of elongated narrow form, eyes and mouth widely projecting to the front, disc-shaped forehead crest, covered with fine linear grooves, plant fibre beard, min. dam., fine cracks, small missing parts, traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

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

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