Mask · R. D. Congo, Azandé · ID: 3039761
Vendu
1 500 €
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995)Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Description
wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, deepened eyezone, pierced eyes and mouth, separately worked teeth (partly missing), face painted reddish brown resp. white, min. dam., traces of abrasion;
the mask shows iconographic influences of the Boa.
Littérature comparée
Herreman, Frank & Constantijn Petridis (ed.), Face of the Spirits, Tervuren 1993, p. 223