Mask "pota" · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3046917
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Size
H: 52 cm
H: 20.5 inch
Description
wood, pigments, plant fibre,
“Pota” is a forehead mask, secured in place by a pillbox hat. It performs with great variety and often executes manoevres associated with other masks. “Pota” often takes over duties from “giphogo” so that it is described as “first minister” among the village masks.
The object Mask “pota” with the object ID 3046917 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 234.
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Comparing literature
Strother, Z.S., Pende, Mailand 2008, Pl. 3