Zemanek-Münster

Mask "lukwakongo"

D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 2,200
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995)
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch

Description

wood, slightly encrusted patina, remains of kaolin, of oval form with heart-shaped deepened facial plane and thin nose bridge, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

Cameron, Elisabeth L., Art of the Lega, Los Angeles 2001, p. 195, ill. 9.32

Publications

Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 67

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