Sobre el lote Lote N° 2577 Título : A Lula Facemask Notas : Provenance:Marc FelixWally and Brenda ZollmanExhibited:Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN, 1986Governors State University, IL, 2003Krannert Art Museum, IL, 2003Belger Art Foundation/University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO, 2004Tall Grass Art Association, IL, 2005Published:Celenko, T. African Art in Cultural Context: Selections from the Wally and Brenda Zollman Collection, Ball State University, 1988. Fig. 23Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas: Private Indianapolis collections. Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1986. Ill. 15.Bourgeois and Rodolitz, REMNANTS OF RITUAL: SELECTIONS FROM THE GELBARD COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART, Ethnos, New York, 2003, p.35, fig.79This mask, made by the Lula, is related to that of the Yaka stylistically, yet it is distinct in its flattened eyes and facial surface that is slightly concave, edged by a rim above and below. Originally these masks were likely utilized in the initiation of young boys to manhood as well as to search out sorcery, today their use has been relegated to entertainment. A few contemporary examples with pierced nostrils have held an orange ball on either side of the nose. The smaller size of this mask, the forward-arching lower portion, as well as the extremely tight and balanced carving seem to indicate that this example is one of the earlier known of the general type. Bonhams 2, subastador, New York, US🔓Sin tarjeta de crédito. Título de venta : Fine African and Oceanic Art Fecha de la venta : 13/11/2007🔓Sin tarjeta de crédito. Referencia de la subasta : Live Sale
