Zemanek-Münster

Mask "mbuya"

D. R. Congo, Pende
sold EUR 1,200
Provenance
Julius Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Size
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


Comparing literature

Herreman, Frank & Constantijn Petridis (ed.), Face of the Spirits, Tervuren 1993, p. 65

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