Mask "kifwebe" ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3038882

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

The object Mask “kifwebe” with the object ID 3038882 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 211 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