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Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African: Artifacts: Pre 1960: Item # 1479642

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Superb and rare mask with a very refined carving, representing a chief, with detailed coiffe, eyes, mouth, beard and scarifications. Wood, with fine patina. R.D. Congo, Bena Lulua or Luluwa ethnic group, early 20th century. Height: 35.5 cm. The mask is nicely mounted on a custom stand. Obvious signs of age, otherwise very good condition. Provenance: old Paris collection. Reference: The Berlin Ethnologic Museum owns a Luluwa figure representing a chief, made of wood, 74 cm high, 19th century, acquired in situ in the village of Tshiweewe (Congo) in 1885. Here is the museum catalog reference: Male figure (leopard chief), Democratic Republic of Congo, Luluwa; 19. Century. ; Wood; Africa Department, Ethnological Museum Berlin, Inv. No. III C 3246 (Collection Hermann von Wissmann, acquired 1886) We have added two photos of the Berlin figure. The head of the Berlin figure is strickingly similar to the mask we present here.