Zemanek-Münster

Mask "ngaady a mwaash" ·  D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3043413

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Provenance
Christie’s, London, 26 March 1996, lot 126
Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch

Description

wood, polychrome paint, glass beads, raffia bast bonnet embroidered with cowrie snails, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, paint rubbed off, base


The object Mask “ngaady a mwaash” with the object ID 3043413 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 411.

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Comparing literature

Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, p. 82 f.


Publications

AHDRC: 0150355


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