Dancer

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Description

wood, black paint, plant fibres, wearing a “mukinka” mask in front of the face, costume and conical headgear from plant fibre, min. dam., small missing part (right foot tip), slight traces of abrasion, base;
these masked dancer figures were adopted from the Chokwe.

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Littérature comparée

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 153, ill. 11

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