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Mask "mfondo" ·  R. D. Congo, Lwalwa · ID: 3041113

Vendu 700 €
Provenance
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium
Lempertz, 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.


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