Standing mask dancer "kifwebe" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3034003
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Antonio Fiacco, Zurich, SwitzerlandWolfgang 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