Zemanek-Münster

Standing mask dancer "kifwebe"

D. R. Congo, Songye
sold EUR 800
Provenance
Antonio Fiacco, Zurich, Switzerland
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch

Description

light brown wood, brown patina, black paint, kaolin, feathers, without feet rising from a rectangular base, the face concealed by a “kifwebe” miniature mask of the male type “kilume” with high forehead crest and beard, rep. (forearms), min. dam., traces of abrasion, on metal plate


Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L., Beauty and the beasts, New Jersey 2003, ill. 13

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