Mask "mbuya" · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3039138
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Julius Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
light brown wood, dark brown patina, decoration tags, elaborated raffia bast bonnet, characteristic: horizontal brows and eyes with nearly closed lids, handwritten collection number “P67” at the back, dam., small missing parts, fine cracks, traces of abrasion
The object Mask “mbuya” with the object ID 3039138 was part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction on October 31, 2015. The object with the lot number 481 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Herreman, Frank & Constantijn Petridis (ed.), Face of the Spirits, Tervuren 1993, p. 65