Mask "mbuya" · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3042383

Name: Mask "mbuya"
SKU: 3042383
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

French Private Collection

Size

H: 24 cm

H: 9.4 inch

Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, ideal feminine physiognomy with “bedroom eyes”, wig with plaited coiffure, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (right side, ears), slight traces of abrasion, cracks, base;
simply called “the female mask” or “gambanda”, resp. “kambanda”. The male dancer wears beautiful and costly clothes, bracelets and anklets - he is dressed like a beautiful young girl liable to become the trophy wife of a high-status male. The female mask dances to the rhythms of comtemporary popular dances and performs little comedies with a mirror and comb to suggest her vanity and preoccupation with appearance.

The object Mask “mbuya” with the object ID 3042383 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 446.

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