Songye Kifwebe Mask
Songye Kifwebe Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo, hollowed-out, the flaring flange pierced for raffia attachment, beneath a wide facial plane with pierced protruding rectangular mouth with X-shaped cutout, beneath a triangular nose with holes for fiber insertions, terminating in a medial ridge and framed by slit-pierced oval eyes, the whole covered in deeply incised parallel motif, with kaolin-filled grooves, fine, aged patina, with custom made metal stand, ht. 16 1/2, wd. 10 1/2 in.
Provenance: Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts; Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium.
Estimate $5,000-7,000
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
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Songye Kifwebe Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo, hollowed-out, the flaring flange pierced for raffia attachment, beneath a wide facial plane with pierced protruding rectangular mouth with X-shaped cutout, beneath a triangular nose with holes for fiber insertions, terminating in a medial ridge and framed by slit-pierced oval eyes, the whole covered in deeply incised parallel motif, with kaolin-filled grooves, fine, aged patina, with custom made metal stand, ht. 16 1/2, wd. 10 1/2 in.
Provenance: Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts; Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium.
Estimate $5,000-7,000
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
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