Mask "kifwebe", female type "kikashi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3039827
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyHans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, black paint, kaolin, animal hair, of characteristic form, covered by fine striations, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, fine cracks;
present mask is over one hundred years old and it has been in Europe for over fifty years.