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