MC1184 Extremely Rare! Shi Bashi Plank Mask
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CONGO DRC
EXTREMELY RARE SHIBOARD MASK
According to Marc Leo Felix in "Maniema", this type of sculpture would represent the primordial ancestor. According to the same author, it was used by the descendants of the lega or the Shi would have borrowed this tradition from them (in "100 peoples of Zaire") This type of "mask" was also used by the Kumu.
Additional particularity, this specimen has only one head while most of the listed pieces have two. David Hamill presented in his gallery a similar piece from the Robert Dupierre collection, Paris
The Shi are a Bantu people established mainly in the far east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are neighbors of the Lega
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICITY: Shi - Bashi
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
CONDITION: Bad
The base is not included
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Similar items - Similar items
Two heads - Two heads- LOT 456, ZEMANEK-MÜNSTER, WÜRZBURG - 11 NOVEMBER 2017
- LOT 168, SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK - MAY 13, 2019
- The Intelligence of forms", An Artist collects African Art (Willy Mestach) Evan M. Maurer, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1991 page 84 (Komo - Kumu)
CONGO DRC
Rare SHI Plank Mask
This type of "mask" was also used by Kumu
Additional feature, this one has only one head while most of the listed parts have two.
David Hamill presented in his gallery a similar one from the Robert Dupierre collection, Paris
The Shi are a Bantu people established mainly in the extreme east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are neighbors of Lega
Base is NOT included.