Mask with horns · D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3033141
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyGalerie Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany
Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, kaolin, helmet-shaped, abundant grass fibre cuff at the lower rim, drilled holes in the cheek area, conical protruding eyes, the pupils inset with metal tags, pierced at the rim, rep. (right horn), traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, metal socle;
such masks were used at the “nkaan” initiation.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 63, ill. 16