Mask - D. R. Congo, Yaka
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Description
light brown wood, mat, dark brown patina, of flat and oval form with a pierced nose and a teeth-showing mouth, a plug-shaped handle for support at the lower rim, min. dam., paint rubbed off in some parts, metal base;
probably part of a mask "ndeemba" used at circumcision rites for young boys, symbolizing fertility and virility.
H: 41,5 cm, H: 16,3 inch
Provenance:
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Lit.: Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 170 ff.
Continent: Africa
probably part of a mask "ndeemba" used at circumcision rites for young boys, symbolizing fertility and virility.
H: 41,5 cm, H: 16,3 inch
Provenance:
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Lit.: Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 170 ff.
Continent: Africa
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Mask - D. R. Congo, Yaka
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