About the lot N° 185
Title : Makonde Helmet Mask
Size : measurements note height 8 7/8 in. 22.5 cm Provenance : Peter Loebarth, HamelnFred Jahn, MunichLiterature : Jens Jahn (ed.), Tanzania: Meisterwerke Afrikanischer Skulptur. Munich, 1994, p. 479, fig. 286Tom Phillips (ed.), Africa, the Art of a Continent, Munich, 1995, p. 171, fig. 2.61The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (ed.), Africa: The Art of a Continent. 100 Works of Power and Beauty, New York, 1996, p. 77, cat. 28Christopher D. Roy, Kilengi: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection, Seattle, 1997, pp. 109 and 340, fig. 52--, Kilengi. Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Bareiss, Hanover, 1997, pp. 113 and 344, fig. 52Raoul Lehuard, Kilengi, Arts d'Afrique Noire Premiers, no. 106, Eté 1998, p. 41Notes : Roy (1997: 340, text to fig. 52) notes: Makonde men carve masks that represent both heroes in their battles with the colonial powers and the characters they see around them from day to day. They also carve animal masks that are worn by performers on stilts. Many of these, combining human and animal characteristics, were described by Karl Weule, who called them nandenga, this word refers to evil spirits, especially the spirits of animals and the dead, which the Makonde believe are present everywhere (Weule 1909).Sotheby's, auctioneer, New York, US
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Sale title : African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
Sale date : 16 May 2008
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