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Mask "kifwebe" ·  D. R. Congo, Luba (Eastern), Kabalo Region · ID: 3048342

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Provenance
Wolff, Strasbourg, France
Size
H: 35,5 cm
H: 14.0 inch

Description

wood, pigment residues, animal hair, base

These masks belong to the ritual context of the “bwadi bwa bifwede” society. They embody supernatural beings, especially ancestral spirits “katotoshi”, who make contact with their descendants.


The object Mask “kifwebe” with the object ID 3048342 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 326.

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Comparing literature

Neyt, Francois, Kifwebe, A century of Songye and Luba Masks, Milan, 2019, p. 204, Pl. 112


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