dance mask - Ndaaka - DR Congo (No reserve price)
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Dansmasker, a wood mask from the Ndaaka culture of DR Congo, provenance Privécollectie, 32 cm high, 30 cm wide, 8 cm deep, weighing 165 g, made of wood with pigment and raffia, in good condition, not sold with a stand, accompanied by a certificate of origin.
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An old dance mask in light wood with raffia from the Ndaaka tribe. An ethnic Bantu group of 58,500 people living in the northeast of the DR Congo, in Ituri Province. Good condition. Materials: wood, pigments, raffia. Shipped safely and insured. Pickup is available by appointment. With a certificate of origin.
Belgian private collection of
Maurice C. P. Verstuyf (born in Etterbeek, 1949) graduated in the Plastic Arts, graphics department, at the Higher Sint-Lukas Institute in Schaerbeek (Brussels) in 1971.
Maurice C. P. Verstuyf, also known as Stef Verstuyf, was until 2014 a senior art director and creative director at several international advertising agencies and started his collection of tribal art in the early 1970s. This collection consists of masks and statues (not weapons), mainly from the Congo (DRC) and also from Gabon, Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Cameroon, and Nigeria.
An old dance mask in light wood with raffia from the Ndaaka tribe. An ethnic Bantu group of 58,500 people living in the northeast of the DR Congo, in Ituri Province. Good condition. Materials: wood, pigments, raffia. Shipped safely and insured. Pickup is available by appointment. With a certificate of origin.
Belgian private collection of
Maurice C. P. Verstuyf (born in Etterbeek, 1949) graduated in the Plastic Arts, graphics department, at the Higher Sint-Lukas Institute in Schaerbeek (Brussels) in 1971.
Maurice C. P. Verstuyf, also known as Stef Verstuyf, was until 2014 a senior art director and creative director at several international advertising agencies and started his collection of tribal art in the early 1970s. This collection consists of masks and statues (not weapons), mainly from the Congo (DRC) and also from Gabon, Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Cameroon, and Nigeria.
Details
No. of items
1
Ethnic group/ culture
Ndaaka
Country of Origin
DR Congo
Material
Wood
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Good condition
Title of artwork
dance mask
Height
32 cm
Width
30 cm
Depth
8 cm
Weight
165 g
Provenance
Private collection
