Mask

Lwalu (Lwalwa) people, DR Congo, 1st half 20th c.

Wood, pigment

Ex–Lempertz (1993)

13.75" h x 9" w x 7" d. (12.1 x 22.9 x 17.8 cm)

Price: $1,800.00

 
 

A classic Lwalu mask. The closest example we’ve seen was published in Petridis and Biebuyck (2001: 186).

REFERENCES

Petridis, Constantijn, and Daniel P. Biebuyck. Frans M. Olbrechts 1899-1958: In Search of Art

in Africa. Antwerpe: Etnografisch Museum Antwerpen, 2001.