Shield-shaped panel "kalengula" with "kifwebe" mask · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3049633
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 31. January 2015, Lot 222
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
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”.
The object Shield-shaped panel “kalengula” with “kifwebe” mask with the object ID 3049633 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 161 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.
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Comparing literature
Mestach, Jean Willy, Songye Studien, München 1985, p. 63
Publications
AHDRC: 0041506