Masque "mbuya"
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- Masque "mbuya"
Lot: 447
87e vente aux enchères Tribal ArtMasque "mbuya"
R. D. Congo, Pende
Provenance | Taille | Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation |
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Guy Schraenen, Antwerp, Belgium | H: 18,5 cm (mask) | Cet objet n’est plus disponible. |
wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, kaolin, bonnet and remains of a costume form raffia bast, hairdo with dark plant fibre, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base.
Mask type called "the female mask" or "gambanda". The dancer dresses like a beautiful young girl liable to become the trophy wife of a high-status male. The female mask dances to the rhythms of comtemporary popular dances and performs little comedies with a mirror and comb to suggest her vanity and preoccupation with appearance.
Strother, Z.S., Inventing masks, Chicago 1998, 217 ff.