Mask "kifwebe", male type "kilume" · R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3038483
Vendu
3 000 €
Provenance
Belgian CollectionSotheby’s London, 30th November 1981, lot 289
Sotheby’s London, 22nd March 1983, lot 150
Dieter Eulenburg, Dreieich, Germany
Description
wood, polychrome paint, of elongated narrow form, eyes and mouth widely projecting to the front, forehead crest, covered by fine linear grooves, collection label “3/83 Y6.A4.” at the back, rest., slight traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, fine cracks, base
Littérature comparée
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, ill. 88