Miniature mask "lukwakongo" · D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3036935
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Provenance
Sotheby’ s New York, 20 January 1982, lot 310Harald & 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.
Comparing literature
Cameron, Elisabeth L., Art of the Lega, Los Angeles 2001, p. 198