Description : Democratic Republic of the Congo Cf. Siegmann, W., African Art: a Century at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 2009, p.245, for an almost identical mask collected in 1922 and attributed to the Bushoong or Ngeende. According to Joseph Cornet the mask is the creation of the Ngeende people and various names are recorded – pwoom itok, ishendemala and ishyeenmaal.
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About the lot N° 171 Title : Kuba Mask Pwoom Itok, Period : 2009.0 Size : 39 cm. high Provenance : Compagnie du Kasai Private collection, Belgium Notes : VAT: Margin scheme