Miniature mask "kifwebe", female type "kikashi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3039834
sold
EUR 750
Provenance
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, lot 205Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 14 cm
H: 5.5 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, remains of polychrome paint, drillings on top of the head, min. dam., small missing parts (back), traces of abrasion
The object Miniature mask “kifwebe”, female type “kikashi” with the object ID 3039834 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 222 achieved a sales price of EUR 750.
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Publications
Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 57