Mask "kifwebe", female type "kikashi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3035287
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Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanySize
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin (extremely darkened), specific form with characteristic grooves, a flat saddle-like crest, slightly dam. (crest), missing parts backside at the rim (insect caused), abrasion (nose, mouth), breakage (left side of the face, possibly rep.), metal socle
The object Mask “kifwebe”, female type “kikashi” with the object ID 3035287 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 400.
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