MC0900 Powerful & rare SHI Congo DRC Mask Lega African Tribal Art

For English, please have a look below.

Bushi masks are rare.
On this one, the scarifications take up the typical patterns of hatched triangles often found on the tribe's containers.

The Shi are a Bantu people living mainly in the far east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
They are neighbors of the Lega

Bibl Felix p 156 - 157

Features:

OBJECT TYPE: Mask.
ETHNICITY: Shi - Bashi
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.

(Ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).

MATERIAL: Wood, plant fibers

DIMENSIONS: Height 27.5 cm (wood)
55.5 cm with beard
CONDITION: Average

(See photos).
The base is not included

BIBLIOGRAPHY - BIBLIOGRAPHY:

- 100 people of Zaire and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students,

Marc Leo Felix, Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987 Page 157

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CONGO DRC

Bushi Masks are rare.
On this one, we observe as scarifications the typical patterns of hatched triangles often seen on the vessels of the tribe.

The Shi are a Bantu people established mainly in the extreme east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
They are neighbors of Lega

Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.

ETHNICAL GROUP: Shi - Bashi

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo

(ex Zaire, ex Belgian Congo).

MATERIAL: Wood, vegetable fibers

DIMENSIONS: About 10 3/4 inches high (wood)

21 3/4 with the beard

CONDITION: Medium

Please have a look on pictures.
Base is NOT included.