Zemanek-Münster

Miniature mask "lukwakongo" ·  D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3036935

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Provenance
Sotheby’ s New York, 20 January 1982, lot 310
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 16,5 cm
H: 6.5 inch

Description

light-weighted wood, kaolin, typical heart-shaped facial plane with elongated nose ridge, drilled holes in the chin area for attachment of a raphia beard, slightly dam.


The object Miniature mask “lukwakongo” with the object ID 3036935 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 471.

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Comparing literature

Cameron, Elisabeth L., Art of the Lega, Los Angeles 2001, p. 198


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