Zemanek-Münster

Small mask "kifwebe"

D. R. Congo, Songye
sold EUR 280
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 17,7 cm
H: 7.0 inch

Description

light wood, matt patina, remains of polychrome paint, enlivened by changing colours, by plain and fine grooved areas, min. dam., traces of abrasion;
present mask is over one hundred years old and it has been in Europe for over fifty years.


Publications

Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 36 & 48

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