Mask "tundu" · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3040532

Name: Mask "tundu"
SKU: 3040532
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Size

H: 27 cm

H: 10.6 inch

Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, prominent tubular eyes and open-worked mouth with pointed teeth, plant fibre beard, bonnet from raffia bast, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion;
“tundu”, the male clown and its female counterpart “gandumbu” were not originally worked in wood. The oldest villagers remember when both wore sacks of raffia pulled over the head, with crude holes for the eyes.

The object Mask “tundu” with the object ID 3040532 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 448.

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