Face mask "phumbu" ·  R. D. Congo, Pende · ID: 3036503

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, camwood powder, black paint, raffia bast, plantfibre, coiffure of three horn-like projections, remains of a costume at the chin, incised scarifications, aggressive facial features, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, base

Littérature comparée

Strother, Z.S., Pende, Mailand 2008, p. 106 Strother, Z.S., Inventing masks, The University of Chicago, 1998, p. 211 ff. Pende, Collection J. M. Desaive et Ch. Laeremans, Brussels 2009, p. 47