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Old and rare mask "kifwebe" with horns ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3044903

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Provenance
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1971)
Eduard Hess (1921-2009), Basel/ Oberwil, Switzerland
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 3 March 2012, lot 246
Size
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch

Description

wood, polychrome painted, old place of repair at the chin


The object Old and rare mask “kifwebe” with horns with the object ID 3044903 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 308.

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Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L., Beauty and the beasts, New Jersey 2003, p. 71 f.


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