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THB20th C. African Pende Painted Wood Mbuya Mask
Lot 145
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pende people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask known as an "mbuya" in the form of an abstract anthropomorphic face. The expressive visage presents with openwork almond-shaped eyes, an upturned nose, a thin mouth, petite ears, and arching brows, all beneath a rounded forehead with a central vertical slit. Two trios of incised striations along the cheeks are perhaps indicative of ritual scarification. Dozens of petite perforations used for attaching a raffia wig line the periphery, and the obverse is painted with matte brown and orange-red pigment. Mbuya masks are used during dance festivals that celebrate the end of the "mukanda," the male circumcision rituals. A fine example from central Africa! Size: 6.4" W x 8.875" H (16.3 cm x 22.5 cm); 12.5" H (31.8 cm) on included custom stand.
For a stylistically similar example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1979.206.273: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312467
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private New York, New York, USA collection
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#149209Chips and abrasions to areas of nose, face, brow, and peripheries, with fading to original pigmentation, and minor softening to some incised details. Light earthen deposits, nice patina, and great traces of original pigment throughout.Condition
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