Plant fibre mask "kalengula" - D. R. Congo, Luntu, Kasai region
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raffia, pigments, grass fibre, eyes and diadem-shaped headdress worked separately, base
A photo taken by the anthropologist Albert Maesen in a Luntu village in 1955 shows a masked dancer wearing a similar mask. In his field notes, Maesen states that this mask is called "kalengula" and is worn at initiation or funerals by members of the "bukalenga bwa nkashaama" brotherhood.
Only a few comparable examples of this type of plant fibre mask can be found. One object comes from the Mission Museum of the White Fathers in Ghent (AHDRC 0125719), a second is found in the holdings of the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren (AHDRC 0125720).
H: 60 cm, H: 23,6 inch
Provenance:
Allan Stone, New York, USA
Lit.: Volper, Julien, Autour de Songye, Montreuil 2012, p. 199, fig. 28
Continent: Africa
A photo taken by the anthropologist Albert Maesen in a Luntu village in 1955 shows a masked dancer wearing a similar mask. In his field notes, Maesen states that this mask is called "kalengula" and is worn at initiation or funerals by members of the "bukalenga bwa nkashaama" brotherhood.
Only a few comparable examples of this type of plant fibre mask can be found. One object comes from the Mission Museum of the White Fathers in Ghent (AHDRC 0125719), a second is found in the holdings of the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren (AHDRC 0125720).
H: 60 cm, H: 23,6 inch
Provenance:
Allan Stone, New York, USA
Lit.: Volper, Julien, Autour de Songye, Montreuil 2012, p. 199, fig. 28
Continent: Africa
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Plant fibre mask "kalengula" - D. R. Congo, Luntu, Kasai region
Estimate €2,000 - €4,000
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