Story board · D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3039585
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 30,5 cm
L: 86 cm
H: 12.0 inch
L: 33.9 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, red and black pi, carved with stylized mask face, various emblems and signs, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, abrasion, small missing parts;
such “story boards” were presented on special festive occasions; for the Teke the motifs could be read like stories (creation myth).
Comparing literature
Bateke, Peintres et sculpteurs d'Afrique Centrale, Paris 1998, p. 278 f.