Zemanek-Münster

Mask "mukinka" ·  D. R. Congo, Salampasu · ID: 3039797

sold EUR 900
Provenance
Lempertz, Brussels, 28 November 1995, lot 182
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch

Description

wood, white pigment, the facial plane entirely coated with copper strips (fixed by nails), coiffure with rattan bowls, net-like plant fibre bonnet, min. dam., small missing parts, fine cracks


The object Mask “mukinka” with the object ID 3039797 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 216 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.

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Comparing literature

Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, p. 274


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