Mask "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3040900
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, GermanyHans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1992)
Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, black paint, red pigment, incised lines contouring geometrical compartments dyed in different colours, tube-shaped projection from coarse cloth, feathers and plant fibres, slightly dam. (underneath right eye), minor missing parts, abrasion of paint, traces of old age
The object Mask “kifwebe” with the object ID 3040900 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 456 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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