Lot: 176

82nd Tribal Art Auction

Small anthropomorphic mask

D. R. Congo, Kuba/Kete

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1996)
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
H: 8.3 inch This object is not available anymore.

wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, triangular face with bulky nose and slanting eyes, notched decor at eyebrows and upper rim, carved with headband, kaolin rubbed into the deepenings of the carving, slightly dam. (eyes), traces of abrasion/usage (rim of the mask)