Mask representing a foreigner "katoyo" ·  Angola, Chokwe · ID: 3039742

Description

wood, middle brown patina, bonnet of plaited plant fibre strings, remains of a net-like knotted costume, leather strips, the pointed nose and protruding chin should caricature an European character, slightly dam., missing parts (above the mouth);
in public performances “katoyo” helped Chokwe communities to cope with the presence of outsiders and their new forms of political influence.

The object Mask representing a foreigner “katoyo” with the object ID 3039742 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 527 achieved a sales price of EUR 550.

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