Julien Gauthier

Masks & Symbols from Southern & Central Africa

Ritual mask as described in Julien Volper's 2014 book; teeth have been restored.

Name of the mask: Mukinka, Salampasu; each member of the association had multiple masks (See Elisabeth Cameron 1984).

Several were exhibited at the Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren.

The first photographs were taken in the 1950s, Maes et al. were offered for sale on-site up to the 1980s, after which many poor copies were put on the market.

Ritueel masker zoals beschreven in het boek van Julien Volper 2014,  @ tanden zijn gerestaureerd.

Naam van het masker Mukinka, Salampasu, elk lid van het genootschap had meerdere maskers (Zie Elisabeth Cameron 1984)

Meerdere tentoongesteld in het museum voor Midden Afrika in Tervuren

eerste foto's gemaakt in jaren 1950, Maes ea. Werden te koop aangeboden ter plaatse tot in de jaren 1980, nadien veel slechte kopies op de markt gebracht.





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Tribal mask - Salampasu - Congo

Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

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Mukinka ritual mask of the Salampasu from the Kasaï region in the Congo, carved in wood and measuring 30 cm high and 20 cm wide, weighing 660 g and dating to 1940–1950, sold without a stand, in good condition with minor signs of aging and stains, provenance Congo, with teeth restored.

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Tribal mask - Salampasu - Congo

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Mukinka ritual mask of the Salampasu from the Kasaï region in the Congo, carved in wood and measuring 30 cm high and 20 cm wide, weighing 660 g and dating to 1940–1950, sold without a stand, in good condition with minor signs of aging and stains, provenance Congo, with teeth restored.

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