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Initiation mask, a NGBAKA wooden mask from DR Congo, dating to the mid-20th century, measuring 32 cm high, 20 cm wide and 10 cm deep, in good condition, from a private collection, not supplied with a stand.
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Old wooden mask from the NGBAKA sam from the Équateur Province in DR Congo. Carved with the gouge (herminette). Typical of the NGBAKA people are the scarifications on the forehead and nose. See photos
Materials: wood, pigment, kaolin.
Mid-20th century.
Good condition. With certificate.
Belgian private collection of
Maurice C.P. Verstuyf (born Etterbeek 1949) graduated in the Plastic Arts, Graphics department at the Higher Saint Luke Institute in Schaarbeek (Brussels) in 1971.
Maurice C.P. Verstuyf aka Stef Verstuyf was until 2014 an art director and creative director in several international advertising agencies and started his collection of tribal art in the early 1970s. This collection consists of masks and figures (no weapons), mainly from Congo (DRC) and also from Gabon, Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Liberia, Cameroon, and Nigeria.
Old wooden mask from the NGBAKA sam from the Équateur Province in DR Congo. Carved with the gouge (herminette). Typical of the NGBAKA people are the scarifications on the forehead and nose. See photos
Materials: wood, pigment, kaolin.
Mid-20th century.
Good condition. With certificate.
Belgian private collection of
Maurice C.P. Verstuyf (born Etterbeek 1949) graduated in the Plastic Arts, Graphics department at the Higher Saint Luke Institute in Schaarbeek (Brussels) in 1971.
Maurice C.P. Verstuyf aka Stef Verstuyf was until 2014 an art director and creative director in several international advertising agencies and started his collection of tribal art in the early 1970s. This collection consists of masks and figures (no weapons), mainly from Congo (DRC) and also from Gabon, Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Liberia, Cameroon, and Nigeria.
Details
No. of items
1
Ethnic group/ culture
NGBAKA
Country of Origin
DR Congo
Period
Mid 20th century
Material
Wood
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Good condition
Title of artwork
initiation mask
Height
32 cm
Width
20 cm
Depth
10 cm
Provenance
Private collection
