Rare dance mask · D. R. Congo, Mongo, Mbandaka region · ID: 3042489
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, FranceSize
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
red pigment, kaolin, from plant fibre netting, tube-shaped, rattan ring at the bottom, eyes, mouth and ears from fine wickerwork, forehead crest and two diadem-like elements from wood, feather crowning, strip of animal skin backside, collection number “AJP 1017”, traces of old age (feathers, animal skin);
at the lower rim originally completed by abundant grass fibre cuff.
Comparing literature
Esperits i déus d' Africa, Girona 1996, ill. 95