Couteau avec masque janiforme "kifwebe" · R. D. Congo, Songye, Kalebwe · ID: 3049755
Vendu
1 000 €
Provenance
Peter Loontjens, Kortrijk, BelgiumDescription
wood, iron,
These knives belong to the context of the “bwadi bwa kifwebe” society.
The masks are completely covered with grooves and their features exaggerated into the manic.
For a knife with an almost identically designed distinctive mask face see AHDRC 0042300. Another one illustrated in Mestach,1985, p. 96, fig. 16.
Littérature comparée
Mestach, Jean Willy, Songye Studien, München 1985, p. 96, fig. 16