A Chokwe mask Democratic Republic of Congo wood with a tripartite lobed and diced coiffure with...

A Chokwe mask

Democratic Republic of Congo

wood with a tripartite lobed and diced coiffure with two front discs, the face with scarifications and with slits to the eyes, pierced ears and filed teeth, with pigment,

22.5cm high.

Provenance

Christie's, 26th June 1995, Lot 133.

Pendarell (Pen) Kent collection.

In a copy of a signed description by Frère Joseph Cornet it states this mask is from Shambuanda, West Kasai and that the coiffure is based on that of Lunda chiefs