Mask "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3038882
sold
EUR 2,200
Provenance
German Private CollectionSize
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