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Powerful BALI wood Mask Ituri Area Ndaaka Congo African Tribal Art 1731

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Title: Powerful BALI wood Mask Ituri Area Ndaaka Congo African Tribal Art 1731

Description: CONGO DR

Ituri River area
BEAUTIFUL MASK, Probably Ndaaka or Baali
Carved wood and pigment, with half-moon eyes and mouth and decoration of painted spots all over the face
A very similar mask was sold in 2020 by
Lyon & Turnbell, Edinburgh (African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History)

The Baali (or Baali) people live in Ituri province, in the north of the Kumu - Komo area

A little to the northwest, live the Ndaka (or Ndaaka) to whom they are linked and strongly influenced.

Characteristics:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.

ETHNICAL GROUP: Probably Bali or Ndaaka

ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre) ITURI river area

MATÉRIAL: Wood, cord

DIMENSIONS: About 12 1/4 inches high (31 cm)

CONDITION: Correct

Please have a look on the pictures.

Base is NOT included
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Bibliography
- 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 Félix, 2016.

Reserve: $800.00

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Powerful BALI wood Mask Ituri Area Ndaaka Congo African Tribal Art 1731

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