Shield-shaped panel "kalengula" with "kifwebe" mask
D. R. Congo, Songye
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Neumeister, Munich, 11. November 2010, Lot 234Peter 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. 63Publications
AHDRC: 0041506