Salampasu Mask. DR Congo. " The Salampasu inhabit the region between the Kasai and Lulua rivers in present-day Kasai Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo near the Angola border. Neyt (1981: 212) notes: "[...] the Salampasu are most famous for their remarkable wood and raphia masks." Barbier (1998: 274, text to cat. 218) continues: "Such masks [...] are worn in the initiation rites of men's associations. [...] Salampasu masquerades were held in wooden enclosures decorated with anthropomorphic figures carved in relief." For an archival photograph of a related mask being worn in a Mfuku dance, see Neyt (ibid.: 217, fig. XI. 6). For a closely related mask in the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, published in conjunction with the exhibition Primitivism in 20th Century Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, see Rubin (1984: 171). " - Sotheby's, Auction S/O Stone 15 November 2013, New York, Catalogue Note Lot 109 - Provenance: Belgian Private Collection Object type: mask Tribe: Salampasu Material: wood, raphia Height: 27cm The condition and potential fragments or signs of wear are documented in detail through presented photographs. Shipment is included following further defined rates. Other delivery or pickup methods can be organised accordingly.