Mask "mukinka" · D. R. Congo, Salampasu · ID: 3052059
Sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, Germany, 30 October 1974, lot 761Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 25 cm
29 cm (with rattan bowl coiffure)
H: 9.8 inch
11.4 inch (with rattan bowl coiffure)
Description
wood, copper sheet, rattan, pigment, collection label “27”
Traditionally, masks of the Salampasu belong to a broad range of male societies and associated initiation sub-societies.
Most often masks are related to the so-called warriors society “mu(n)gongo”, which served mainly to protect the Salampasu agianst invasions from rival clans or other external forces.
The object Mask “mukinka” with the object ID 3052059 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 216 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 320 f.
Publications
AHDRC: 0039252