Small female mask "kifwebe" · R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3039860
Vendu
850 €
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995)Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Description
light wood, dark brown patina, red pigment (in two shades), mannered version of characteristic “kifwebe” type: disc-shaped flattened face with extremely waisted sides and elongated mouth/chin area, flat incised grooved pattern around eyes, slightly dam. (root of the nose), traces of old age (wood on the backside);
Luba with Songe influence.
Littérature comparée
Woods, Davy, Kifwebe Maskettes of the Luba and Songye, In: Tribal Art Magazine (48), Spring 2008, p.105, ill. 6