Mask with costume ·  D. R. Congo, Yela · ID: 3042038

Description

wood, kaolin, bark cloth, mask with various drilled holes and grooved cheek scarifications, slight traces of abrasion, h: 30 cm; bark cloth painted with black loops, cord belt with animal tail attached, min. dam., cracks, traces of usage, l: 157 cm;
the spots and the tail allow to infer that mask and costume were used in connection with the “lilwa " (leopard) society. The Yela have adopted the institutional rituals of the “lilwa” society from the Mbole.

The object Mask with costume with the object ID 3042038 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 462.

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Publications

AHDRC: 0035283 (comparable object)