Mask with horns "eluba" · D. R. Congo, Bembe II - Eastern Bembe · ID: 3044177
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Provenance
Belgian Private CollectionSize
H: 67,5 cm
H: 26.6 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint,
Present mask type was worn by initiated boys while begging for food in the village during the seclusion period.
The object Mask with horns “eluba” with the object ID 3044177 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 357.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 11, ill. 9