BOA Large Pongdudu War & Dance Wood Mask Congo DRC

CONGO DRC
BOA PEOPLE
PONGDUDU RARE WAR AND DANCE MASK

Beautiful mask with amazing expressiveness.
According to most authors, these masks were worn by the bravest warriors, giving them an image of invulnerability.
Boa live in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo
CHARACTERISTICS :

TYPE OF OBJECT : Mask
ETHNICAL GROUP : Boa - Ababua - Ababwa
ORIGINE : Democratic Republic of Congo.
MATERIAL : Wood, cord.
DIMENSIONS : About 12 1/4 inches high
CONDITION : Medium- bad
Please have a look on the pictures
THE DISPLAY STAND IS NOT INCLUDED
BIBLIOGRAPHIE - BIBLIOGRAPHY :
- Face of the Spirits ; Masks from the Zaire Basin, Frank Herreman, Constantijn Petridis, Ed. Martial & Snoeck, Antwerp, 1993
- Masks in Congo, Viviane Baeke, Baeke, Arthur Bourgeois, Kellim Brown, David Binkley, Rik Ceyssens, Marc Leo Felix,
Pol Pierre Gossiaux, Manuel Jordanl, Constantin Petridis, Zoë Stroher, Julien Volper, Pan Yanqin. Edition Marc Leo Felix, 2016
- 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Mar Leo Felix, Bruxelles : Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987
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CONGO RDC
PEUPLE BOA
MASQUE DE GUERRIER ET DE DANSE PONGDUDU

TRES BEAU MASQUE D'UNE EXPRESSIVITE ETONNANTE.
D'APRES LA PLUPART DES AUTEURS, CES MASQUES ETAIENT PORTES PAR LES PLUS BRAVES DES GUERRIERS, LEUR DONNANT UNE IMAGE D'INVULNERABILITE.
LES BOA VIVENT DANS LE NORD DE LA REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO.
CARACTERISTIQUES :

TYPE D'OBJET : Masque
GROUPE ETHNIQUE : Boa. - Ababua - Ababwa
PAYS D'ORIGINE : REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO RDC
(ex Congo Belge, ex Zaire).
MATERIAU : Bois, corde
DIMENSIONS : Hauteur : 31 cm.
ETAT : Moyen - Mauvais
(Voir photos)
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Reserve: $400.00

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