Masque-panneau · R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3049752
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 September 2005, Lot 360
Description
wood, colour pigments,
Traditional mask panels known as “kalengula” bear carved faces in the form of “kifwebe” masks.
The mask face superimposed to this board-like panel, on the other hand, reminds of the heads of “nkisi” fetish figures of the Songye. Especially of those with peculiar laughing mouths, as they are located by Neyt in the northern Milembwe, Belande and Eki region (Neyt, 2004, p. 56).
One of these figures was attributed by de Grunne to a “master from Muyemba” (de Grunne, 2001, p. 181, fig. 22).
The present mask panel is decorated with concentric incised lines forming a kind of diadem above the face and two arms with joined hands below, enclosing a stylised “kifwebe” mask face. For an iconographically comparable object, see AHDRC 0041476.
L’objet Masque-panneau avec l’ID d’objet 3049752 a fait partie de l’enchère Vente 100 en 15 avril 2023 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 84.
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Littérature comparée
Neyt, François, Songye, Brussels 2004, p. 56 ff. de Grunne, Bernard, Masterhands, Brussels 2001, p. 181, fig. 22
Publications
AHDRC: 0041475