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Mask "kifwebe" ·  R. D. Congo, Luba · ID: 3033058

Vendu 3 330 €
Provenance
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Rudolph de Ruijter, Katlijk, The Netherlands
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France

Description

wood, kaolin, black and blue pigments, presumably depicting a monkey (baboon?), nice detail: eyebrows made from real hair, pierced around the rim in two rows, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion;
since the mid-1980s some variations on the typical “kifwebe” masks appeared. The classic rectangular box shape and the grooved pattern receded, while attributes of certain animals were added.


Littérature comparée

Felix, Marc L., Beauty and the beasts, New Jersey 2003, p. 77, ill. 99


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