Mask "mfondo" · R. D. Congo, Lwalwa · ID: 3041113
Vendu
700 €
Provenance
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, BelgiumLempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 96
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Description
wood, entirely covered with copper sheet, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion and corrosion;
these masks were said to have originally been used for initiation of young boys of the “ngongo” society as well as for fertility- and hunting rites in order to appease the spirits and make them well disposed.