Online catalogue for the 60th tribal art auction

360 Mask

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Nyindu, D. R. Kongo

light brown wood, red and white paint, square form, eyes and mouth pierced, the sides of the masks and the mouth decorated with notches, the facial plane divided in four parts, alternating dyed with red and white pigment, a pyro-engraved dotted pattern framing the eyes, repeated at the chin, dam., small missing parts and traces of insect caused damage, slight signs of abrasion, on metal base; male mask type, presumably representing an ancestor.

H: 25 cm, (5086/003)
H: 9.8 inch

Provenance
Marc L. Felix, Brussels, Belgium

Published in
Felix, Marc L., Maniema, München 1989, p. 96 f., ill. 21

Sold for: 7000 €