Mask "kaseba" of the "n-khanda" initiation
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91 Tribal Art AuctionMask "kaseba" of the "n-khanda" initiation
D. R. Congo, Suku
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany |
H: 28 inch |
400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance |
wood, pigments,
Female version of the "kakuungu" mask type. The mask was originally supplemented with a lush grass fiber coiffure in which various magical appendages were interwoven (feathers, small packages with magical charge, animal horns, etc.).
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 149