SOLD / SOLD! MC0757 Beautiful chief mask PENDE Phumbu Bapende chief Mask Provenance
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CONGO DRC
HANGING MASK
Superb chef's mask
Phumbu
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICITY: Pende, Bapende.
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
(ex-Belgian Congo, ex-Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood, textile, plant fibers
DIMENSIONS: Height 25 cm (just the wood)
44 cm with the headdress
44 cm with the headdress
CONDITION: Average - Correct.
There is a lot of fiber missing from the cap
(See photos).
The base is NOT included
ORIGIN: Patrick Claes
Patric Claes is a Belgian African Art dealer, located in Brussels. He is a great specialist in the traditional arts of the Congo.
Participating in the last Cultures Bruneaf in 2019 at Sablon, Brussels, I also organized an exhibition of Masques Mbangu Pende (disease masks) in 2017.
ORIGIN: Patrick Claes
Patric Claes is a Belgian African Art dealer, located in Brussels. He is a great specialist in the traditional arts of the Congo.
Participating in the last Cultures Bruneaf in 2019 at Sablon, Brussels, I also organized an exhibition of Masques Mbangu Pende (disease masks) in 2017.
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Bibliography - Bibliography:
- Pende, ZS Stother, under the direction of Anne-Marie Bouttiaux, 5 Continents, 2008
- Masks of Africa, William Fagg, Fernand Nathan, 1980 - Masks, collective, Dapper Museum, 1995
- Persona. African masks, hidden and revealed identities, Anne-Marie Bouttiaux, Catalog of the exhibition "Persona" presented at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren (Belgium) from April 24, 2008 to January 3, 2010
- Persona. African masks, hidden and revealed identities, Anne-Marie Bouttiaux, Catalog of the exhibition "Persona" presented at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren (Belgium) from April 24, 2008 to January 3, 2010
- 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
- Congo Mythical Masks, Marc Leo Felix, Paul Louis, Edited by Marc Leo Felix, Tribal Arts SPRL, 2009
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CONGO DRC
PEND
Authentic and superb Phumbu chief mask.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask
ETHNIC GROUP: Pende, Bapende.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo.
(ex Zaire ex Belgian Congo).
MATERIAL: Wood, textiles, vegetable fibers
DIMENSIONS: 9 3/4 Inches high. (wood only)
(17 1/4 Inches complete with the hat).
CONDITION: Fair
(See pictures)
The base is NOT included.
PROVENANCE: Patrick Claes
Patric Claes is a Belgian dealer of African Art in Brussels
He's a specialist for the Congo traditional Arts
Exhibition in Cultures Bruneaf Brussels in 2019
Patric Claes is a Belgian dealer of African Art in Brussels
He's a specialist for the Congo traditional Arts
Exhibition in Cultures Bruneaf Brussels in 2019
He also made an exhibition of MBANGU PENDE (sickness Pende masks) in 2017.