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Classic idimu handle mask – lega – dthis masks forms part of a very small corpus of idimu objects that are fitted out with a handle at the backobtained from him by hwesterdijk, museum ethnologist and cultural anthropologist specialized, for over 50 years now, in the study of the material cultures in african nations that live south of the saharamaterial: medium density wood of the alstonia congensis treeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikide kun in pangi territory, south kivu province, in aroundthe facial features of this example are very classical, consisting of a heart-shaped countenance with slit eyes, a rather long, slender nose and a low-placed slit mouth on the rim of the lower facethe forehead is slanting back and is, just like the cheeks, adorned with a triangle of double lines filled with dotsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit dates back to the periodfine old patina overallpeople / region: the lega live in the southern part of the kivu province of southeast central ddimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmsold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsliterature: valentine plisnier and michel boulanger: l’art lega, paris, , figs on ppall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfacethe handle sits in the vertical axis of the back and runs over its entire heightin good condition, but with signs of age written all over itthe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableholes all along the lower edge of the face, but fibre beard missing
270 €