Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko" · R. D. Congo, Pende · ID: 3033290
Vendu
600 €
Provenance
Lawson Mooney, Mautauban, FranceRené David, Zurich, Switzerland
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
Description
ivory, with a long beard (“mwevu”), which is supposed to be a symbol for authority and wisdom of the ancestors, circular scarification marks, drilled holes for support, fissures through age, acrylic base
Littérature comparée
Kerchache, Jacques, Paudrat, Jean-Louis u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, ill. 219 ff.