Luba Kifwebe Mask

Luba Kifwebe Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo, hollowed-out, of hemispherical form, with protuberant pierced mouth below the large nose which continues as a ridge on the forehead, with traces of fiber in the nostrils, broad, pierced crescent eyes, the face with curved bands in shallow relief, painted alternately black and white, with rectangular panel to the chin, pierced around the rim, ht. 9 3/4, wd. 9 1/4 in.

Provenance: Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts; Zacharias collection, Brussels, Belgium; Jean Pierre LaPage Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
Estimate $8,000-12,000

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