4th Feb, 2021 10:00

Ethnographica & Tribal Art

 
  Lot 90
 

A Kifwebe mask, Songye, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the comb and face with incised fluted design, narrow eye slits, triangular motifs below the stylised mouth, painted in white, black, blue and red, 78.5cm

Sold for £200


Condition Report

Signs of historic, boring insect activity and some signs of more recent frass and flight holes near the rear of the eye slit, the area shows some discolouration may be from a woodworm treatment. The mask shows old scars and insect damage consistent with age. slight area of one eye slit missing.

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This mask does not come with a display stand

 

A Kifwebe mask, Songye, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the comb and face with incised fluted design, narrow eye slits, triangular motifs below the stylised mouth, painted in white, black, blue and red, 78.5cm

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