Small mask "lukwakongo" · D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3039765
sold
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1994)Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 13 cm (without beard)
H: 5.1 inch (without beard)
Description
light brown wood, heart-shaped facial plane, whitened with kaolin, particular long plant fibre beard, min. dam., traces of abrasion
The object Small mask “lukwakongo” with the object ID 3039765 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 181 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.
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Comparing literature
Biebuyck, Daniel P., Lega, Brussels 2002, p. 77, ill. 22
Publications
Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 72