Masquette masque miniature SONGYE Kifwebe Congo Mask Rdc MC0772

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CONGO DRC

SONGYE KIFWEBE

Superb Feminine Masquette
The Songye created these masks among the most impressive of the art of black Africa.
Kifwebe masks instantly evoke Cubism.

The streaks that cover practically their entire surface would be a reminiscence of the labyrinthine journey that is the Bukishi initiation


Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICITY: Songye - Basongye.
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
(Ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: 10cm
CONDITION: OK
(See photos).
The base is NOT included

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Bibliography - Bibliography

- Songye masks and figure sculpture, Dunja Hersak London 1985
- Colors, Streaks and Projections, Dunja Hersak, in Objects Signs of Africa, Texts collected by Luc de Heusch, Snoek, Pages 161-173
- Art and Power in the Central African Savannah, Constantin Petridis, Mercator Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008
- Masks Kifwebe, Woods Dawy, Tribal Art Magazine N° 20 Spring 2008 Pages 102-113
- Songye; the formidable Songye statuary of Central Africa, François Neyt, Mercator Fund, 2009.

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CONGO DRC

Songye Female

Miniature Kifwebe Mask


The Songye have created these masks among the most impressive
of the art of Black Africa.
They evoke us instantly Cubism.

The streaks that cover almost their entire surface would be a reminiscence of the labyrinthic course that is the initiation Bukishi
 
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Songye - Basongye
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo
(ex Zaire, ex Belgian Congo).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: About 4 inches high.
CONDITION: Medium
Please have a look on pictures.
Stand display is NOT included.
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