KIDUMU
KIDUMU
Kidumu mask of a master of initiation.
20th century.Height: 32 cm.An IR spectroscopy dating certificate (G. Matthaes patent) from the Museo d’Arte e Scienza, Milan, no. 6AF-3736, indicates the date as 1952 ± 8 years.Light-coloured wood, with a patina combining patches of white kaolin, red padauk and black.On the back of the mask, there is a mouth rim carved in relief from the wood of the mask. Traces of carving with an adze are visible.
KIDUMU
Kidumu mask of a master of initiation.
20th century.Height: 32 cm.An IR spectroscopy dating certificate (G. Matthaes patent) from the Museo d’Arte e Scienza, Milan, no. 6AF-3736, indicates the date as 1952 ± 8 years.Light-coloured wood, with a patina combining patches of white kaolin, red padauk and black.On the back of the mask, there is a mouth rim carved in relief from the wood of the mask. Traces of carving with an adze are visible.
