Zemanek-Münster

Shield-shaped panel "kalengula" with "kifwebe" mask ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3049633

sold EUR 450
Provenance
Neumeister, Munich, 11. November 2010, Lot 234
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 31. January 2015, Lot 222
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Size
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch

Description

wood, colour pigments, base

In his treatise on Songye sculpture, Mestach reports on a panel with a carved “kifwebe” mask from the Kabalo region in the Kinshasa museum. It is designated as the guardian of the mask house (“kiobo”) and bears the
inscription “kalengula” - “mask that does not dance”.


Comparing literature

Mestach, Jean Willy, Songye Studien, München 1985, p. 63


Publications

AHDRC: 0041506


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