Mask "mweelu" · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3035682
not available anymore
Provenance
Émile-Francois Chambon, Geneva, Switzerland (1996)Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
Size
H: 54 cm
H: 21.3 inch
Description
wood, fabric, white, black, red and indigoblue pigment, plug-shaped wooden handle, carved with a bird face (owl?), rattan bonnet coated with plant fibre and fabric, forming a superstrucure with two antenna-like projections, min. dam., small missing parts (fabric), slight traces of abrasion
Comparing literature
Mestach, Willy, L'intelligence des formes, Brüssel 2007, p. 86 f. Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 195, ill. 9