Masque Planche SHI Bashi Plank Mask Bashi MC1184 lega

MC1184 Extremely rare! Plank Mask Shi Bashi Plank Mask Bashi

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CONGO DRC

EXTREMELY RARE SHIBOARD MASK



According to Marc Leo Felix in "Maniema", this type of sculpture would represent the primordial ancestor. According to the same author, it was used by the descendants of the lega or the Shi would have borrowed this tradition from them (in "100 peoples of Zaire") This type of "mask" was also used by the Kumu.


Additional particularity, this specimen has only one head while most of the listed pieces have two. David Hamill presented in his gallery a similar piece from the Robert Dupierre collection, Paris

The Shi are a Bantu people established mainly in the far east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are neighbors of the Lega




Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICITY: Shi - Bashi
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
(Ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: Height 38 cm
CONDITION: Bad
(See photos).
The base is not included
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Bibliography - Bibliography

- Maniema, Marc Leo Felix, Fred Jahn München, 1989
- The Intelligence of forms", An Artist collects African Art (Willy Mestach) Evan M. Maurer, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1991 
- 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Mar Leo Felix, Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987

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Similar items - Similar items

Two heads - Two heads
- LOT 456, ZEMANEK-MÜNSTER, WÜRZBURG - 11 NOVEMBER 2017
- LOT 168, SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK - MAY 13, 2019
- LOT 588, NEUMEISTER, MUNICH - NOVEMBER 10, 2011
- The Intelligence of forms", An Artist collects African Art (Willy Mestach) Evan M. Maurer, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1991 page 84 (Komo - Kumu)
- Maniema, Marc Leo Felix, Fred Jahn München, 1989 page 265
- 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Marc Leo Felix, Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987 pages 156-157
One head - One head
-Hamill Gallery of African Art
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CONGO DRC

Rare SHI Plank Mask


According to Marc Leo Felix in "Maniema", this type of sculpture would represent the primordial ancestor. According to the same author, it was used by the descendants of the lega, or the Shi would have borrowed this tradition (in "100 peoples of Zaire")

This type of "mask" was also used by Kumu
Additional feature, this one has only one head while most of the listed parts have two.
David Hamill presented in his gallery a similar one from the Robert Dupierre collection, Paris

The Shi are a Bantu people established mainly in the extreme east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are neighbors of Lega






Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNIC GROUP: Shi-Bashi
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo
(ex Zaire, ex Belgian Congo).
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 15 inches high
CONDITION: Medium - bad
Please have a look on pictures.
Base is NOT included.