Zemanek-Münster
Masque anthropomorphe, Gabon, Fang / Nzebi, Taille: H: 65 cm; B: 29 cm, ID: 3045744
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Lot 180
92e vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Masque anthropomorphe ·  Gabon, Fang / Nzebi · ID: 3045744

Vendu 10 000 €
Provenance
Christian Duponcheel, Pietrebais, Belgium
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Hendrik Elias, Wieze, Belgium (1992)
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium (1998)
Alfons Bermel, Obersteinbach, France
Zemanek-Münster, 5 March 2011, Lot 302
French Private Collection

Description

wood, kaolin, rep.

The Fang mainly live in northern and western Gabon, in Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni) and in southern Cameroon.

The white face paint reminds of the power of the ancestors and may be a hint that the the mask represents the spirit of a deceased.

Littérature comparée

Siroto, Leon, East of the Atlantic West of the Congo, San Francisco 1995, p. 50

Publications

De Buck, Jo, "Hendrik Elias Legacy Archives", Brussels 2018, p. 15, ill. 5

AHDRC: 0045979

Afrique
Masques

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