Kifwebe Mask - Songye
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Songye Kifwebe mask in wood from Congo (R.D.C.), height 49 cm, width 23.5 cm, weight 1150 g, provenance: former Dutch collection, authenticity: Original/officiel.
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Congo (R.D.C.)
Songyé
Wood and pigments
Height: 49 cm; maximum width: 23.5 cm; depth: 14.5
SONGYE MASK, KIFWEBE
Representing a stylized anthropomorphic face. The mask has the peculiarity of having a carved frontal horn.
It is decorated with broad parallel stripes outlined by white and black pigments.
Hard wood (weight: 1,150 g)
Used patina
Note the absence of holes around the mask, except two holes on the axis of the median ridge.
The absence of holes for attaching the raffia costume shows that this mask did not have the function of a kifwébé dance mask. Willy Mestach in his study "Etude Songyé" Munich, Galerie Jahn 1985, notes that this type of mask was used ritually as a "fetish mask or house mask".
Provenance: former Dutch collection
Congo (R.D.C.)
Songyé
Wood and pigments
Height: 49 cm; maximum width: 23.5 cm; depth: 14.5
SONGYE MASK, KIFWEBE
Representing a stylized anthropomorphic face. The mask has the peculiarity of having a carved frontal horn.
It is decorated with broad parallel stripes outlined by white and black pigments.
Hard wood (weight: 1,150 g)
Used patina
Note the absence of holes around the mask, except two holes on the axis of the median ridge.
The absence of holes for attaching the raffia costume shows that this mask did not have the function of a kifwébé dance mask. Willy Mestach in his study "Etude Songyé" Munich, Galerie Jahn 1985, notes that this type of mask was used ritually as a "fetish mask or house mask".
Provenance: former Dutch collection
Details
Indigenous object name
Kifwebe Mask
Ethnic group/ culture
Songye
Material
Wood
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
49 cm
Width
23.5 cm
Weight
1150 g
Authenticity
Original/official
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