Shield-shaped panel "kalengula" with "kifwebe" mask · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3052049
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Provenance
Johannes & Ursula Kaddatz, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, pigments, collection label “3/5”
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 3052049 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 294.
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Comparing literature
Mestach, Jean Willy, Songye Studien, München 1985, p. 63