Tribal Mask - Salampasu - DR Congo
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The Tribal Mask from the Salampasu culture, DR Congo, is a mid-20th century wooden mask with raphia, 27 cm high, in fair condition, sold with stand, provenance Belgian Private Collection.
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Salampasu Mask.
DR Congo.
" The Salampasu inhabit the region between the Kasai and Lulua rivers in present-day Kasai Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo near the Angola border. Neyt (1981: 212) notes: "[...] the Salampasu are most famous for their remarkable wood and raphia masks." Barbier (1998: 274, text to cat. 218) continues: "Such masks [...] are worn in the initiation rites of men's associations. [...] Salampasu masquerades were held in wooden enclosures decorated with anthropomorphic figures carved in relief."
For an archival photograph of a related mask being worn in a Mfuku dance, see Neyt (ibid.: 217, fig. XI. 6). For a closely related mask in the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, published in conjunction with the exhibition Primitivism in 20th Century Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, see Rubin (1984: 171). "
- Sotheby's, Auction S/O Stone 15 November 2013, New York, Catalogue Note Lot 109 -
Provenance:
Belgian Private Collection
Object type: mask
Tribe: Salampasu
Material: wood, raphia
Height: 27cm
The condition and potential fragments or signs of wear are documented in detail through presented photographs.
Shipment is included following further defined rates. Other delivery or pickup methods can be organised accordingly.
Seller's Story
Galerie Mutu is home to African fine art, ethnography and unique interior objects.
Galerie Mutu est un lieu de découverte d'art africain, pour le collectionneur contemporain passionné.
Galerie Mutu looft cultuur, authenticiteit en vakmanschap van onze Afrikaanse voorouders.
Website: galeriemutu .com
Instagram: galerie.mutu
E-mail: info@galeriemutu .com
Salampasu Mask.
DR Congo.
" The Salampasu inhabit the region between the Kasai and Lulua rivers in present-day Kasai Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo near the Angola border. Neyt (1981: 212) notes: "[...] the Salampasu are most famous for their remarkable wood and raphia masks." Barbier (1998: 274, text to cat. 218) continues: "Such masks [...] are worn in the initiation rites of men's associations. [...] Salampasu masquerades were held in wooden enclosures decorated with anthropomorphic figures carved in relief."
For an archival photograph of a related mask being worn in a Mfuku dance, see Neyt (ibid.: 217, fig. XI. 6). For a closely related mask in the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, published in conjunction with the exhibition Primitivism in 20th Century Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, see Rubin (1984: 171). "
- Sotheby's, Auction S/O Stone 15 November 2013, New York, Catalogue Note Lot 109 -
Provenance:
Belgian Private Collection
Object type: mask
Tribe: Salampasu
Material: wood, raphia
Height: 27cm
The condition and potential fragments or signs of wear are documented in detail through presented photographs.
Shipment is included following further defined rates. Other delivery or pickup methods can be organised accordingly.
Seller's Story
Galerie Mutu is home to African fine art, ethnography and unique interior objects.
Galerie Mutu est un lieu de découverte d'art africain, pour le collectionneur contemporain passionné.
Galerie Mutu looft cultuur, authenticiteit en vakmanschap van onze Afrikaanse voorouders.
Website: galeriemutu .com
Instagram: galerie.mutu
E-mail: info@galeriemutu .com
Details
Ethnic group/ culture
Salampasu
Country of Origin
DR Congo
Period
Mid 20th century
Material
Wood
Sold with stand
Yes
Condition
Fair condition
Title of artwork
Tribal Mask
Height
27 cm
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