Superb illness mask - Pende - DR Congo (No reserve price)

In the traditions of Central Africa, certain masks were associated with symbolic representations of duality — between light and darkness, strength and vulnerability, balance and imbalance.

Its bipartite face, marked by the contrast of yellow hues and dark blue, expresses this tension through form and color.

Sculpted from wood and enhanced with pigments, this mask here offers a contemporary interpretation, extending a visual language inherited from these traditions.