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Lulua Mask Democratic Republic of the Congo Early 20th century Wood, pigment, fiber Height: 13 1/4 inches (34 cm) Provenance: Ex private collection, Belgium A rare and fine polychrome Lulua Mask featuring a domed forehead with a sagittal crest, facial scarification, bulging eyes and a slightly protruding mouth. A similar mask is in the Kunstkamera, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (inventory no. 2068-7). African Masks, African Art, Bulging Eyes, Peter The Great, Art Sites, Ethnography, Ocean Art, Polychrome, Republic Of The Congo

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Republic Of The Congo

Lulua Mask Democratic Republic of the Congo Early 20th century Wood, pigment, fiber Height: 13 1/4 inches (34 cm) Provenance: Ex private collection, Belgium A rare and fine polychrome Lulua Mask featuring a domed forehead with a sagittal crest, facial scarification, bulging eyes and a slightly protruding mouth. A similar mask is in the Kunstkamera, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (inventory no. 2068-7).

Lulua Mask Democratic Republic of the Congo Early 20th century Wood, pigment, fiber Height: 13 1/4 inches (34 cm) Provenance: Ex private collection, Belgium A rare and fine polychrome Lulua Mask featuring a domed forehead with a sagittal crest, facial scarification, bulging eyes and a slightly protruding mouth. A similar mask is in the Kunstkamera, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (inventory no. 2068-7). Academy Of Sciences, Petersburg Russia

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Lulua Mask Democratic Republic of the Congo Early 20th century Wood, pigment, fiber Height: 13 1/4 inches (34 cm) Provenance: Ex private collection, Belgium A rare and fine polychrome Lulua Mask featuring a domed forehead with a sagittal crest, facial scarification, bulging eyes and a slightly protruding mouth. A similar mask is in the Kunstkamera, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (inventory no. 2068-7).

Lulua Mask Democratic Republic of the Congo Early 20th century Wood, pigment, fiber Height: 13 1/4 inches (34 cm) Provenance: Ex private collection, Belgium A rare and fine polychrome Lulua Mask featuring a domed forehead with a sagittal crest, facial scarification, bulging eyes and a slightly protruding mouth. A similar mask is in the Kunstkamera, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (inventory no. 2068-7).

Lulua Mask Democratic Republic of the Congo Early 20th century Wood, pigment, fiber Height: 13 1/4 inches (34 cm) Provenance: Ex private collection, Belgium A rare and fine polychrome Lulua Mask featuring a domed forehead with a sagittal crest, facial scarification, bulging eyes and a slightly protruding mouth. A similar mask is in the Kunstkamera, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (inventory no. 2068-7).

Lulua Mask Democratic Republic of the Congo Early 20th century Wood, pigment, fiber Height: 13 1/4 inches (34 cm) Provenance: Ex private collection, Belgium A rare and fine polychrome Lulua Mask featuring a domed forehead with a sagittal crest, facial scarification, bulging eyes and a slightly protruding mouth. A similar mask is in the Kunstkamera, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (inventory no. 2068-7). Anthropology

Lulua Mask Democratic Republic of the Congo Early 20th century Wood, pigment, fiber Height: 13 1/4 inches (34 cm) Provenance: Ex private collection, Belgium A rare and fine polychrome Lulua Mask featuring a domed forehead with a sagittal crest, facial scarification, bulging eyes and a slightly protruding mouth. A similar mask is in the Kunstkamera, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (inventory no. 2068-7).

Ethnologischer Besuch in Luluaburg: Ein Moëna Lulna tanzt uns den Mastenreigen vor. Im Schatten des Kongostaates Leo Frobenius Berlin: Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1907. Mali, Congo, Lost Film, Art Premier, Statue, Screenwriting, Berlin, Tome

Ethnologischer Besuch in Luluaburg: Ein Moëna Lulna tanzt uns den Mastenreigen vor. Im Schatten des Kongostaates Leo Frobenius Berlin: Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1907.

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Central African

Africa | Mask from the Luluwa people of DR Congo | Wood, pigment, resin, abrus seeds and kaolin | Early 1960s Africa Art, West Africa, Chokwe, Tribal, Dr Congo, Art Sculpture, African Countries

African Countries

Africa | Mask from the Luluwa people of DR Congo | Wood, pigment, resin, abrus seeds and kaolin | Early 1960s

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Luluwa masks. D.R.Congo

Africa | A rare Luluwa mask, DR Congo | Mostly know for their prolific statuary, the Bena Luluwa produced rare masks of great quality. They represent the spirits of ancestors and are used during circumcision rites. Art Ancien, History Images, Tribal Art, Statuary

Africa | A rare Luluwa mask, DR Congo | Mostly know for their prolific statuary, the Bena Luluwa produced rare masks of great quality. They represent the spirits of ancestors and are used during circumcision rites.

Africa | Luluwa Helment Mask. The delicately carved scarifications are typical of the masks coming from the Lulua River region. These helmet masks were sometimes used at the initiation rites of young boys. Arte Tribal, Tribal Mask, African Wood Carvings, African Skies, Masks Art, Aboriginal Art, World Cultures

African Wood Carvings

Africa | Luluwa Helment Mask. The delicately carved scarifications are typical of the masks coming from the Lulua River region. These helmet masks were sometimes used at the initiation rites of young boys.

Ecclectic, Headdress, Ancient, Royal, Calamari, Continents

Object type mask Materials wood, raffia, pigment Place of collecting Democratic Republic of the Congo > Kasaï Culture Luluwa Acquisition related person Compagnie du Kasaï, as donor Date of acquisition 1913-12-12 Dimensions 25 cm x 14,7 cm Inventory number EO.0.0.15402 Mask Types, Kasai, Burundi

Object type mask Materials wood, raffia, pigment Place of collecting Democratic Republic of the Congo > Kasaï Culture Luluwa Acquisition related person Compagnie du Kasaï, as donor Date of acquisition 1913-12-12 Dimensions 25 cm x 14,7 cm Inventory number EO.0.0.15402

Democratic Republic of the Congo; Luluwa peoples Mask Wood H. 24.2 cm (9.5") The University of Iowa Museum of Art, The Stanley Collection, X1986.510 While Luluwa figures covered with elaborate scarification are numerous, the masks produced by these people are rather rare. The best known is the example published by Professor Maesen in Umbangu (1969: 28), which shares with this example the black and white patterns of scars against the natural color of the wood, and dark, concave orbits around Wall Mask, African Culture, Black Art, Life Art

African Culture

Democratic Republic of the Congo; Luluwa peoples Mask Wood H. 24.2 cm (9.5") The University of Iowa Museum of Art, The Stanley Collection, X1986.510 While Luluwa figures covered with elaborate scarification are numerous, the masks produced by these people are rather rare. The best known is the example published by Professor Maesen in Umbangu (1969: 28), which shares with this example the black and white patterns of scars against the natural color of the wood, and dark, concave orbits around

Luluwa Acquisition related person Rev. Father Emeri-Henri-Célestin Cambier (°1865 - †1943), as donor Date of acquisition 1912-10-22 Dimensions 28,9 cm x 13,7 cm Donor

Luluwa Acquisition related person Rev. Father Emeri-Henri-Célestin Cambier (°1865 - †1943), as donor Date of acquisition 1912-10-22 Dimensions 28,9 cm x 13,7 cm

Luluwa Acquisition related person H. Morlighem, as donor Date of acquisition 1937-07-09 Dimensions 32,8 cm x 26,4 cm Human Face

Luluwa Acquisition related person H. Morlighem, as donor Date of acquisition 1937-07-09 Dimensions 32,8 cm x 26,4 cm

Luluwa Helmet Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo | lot | Sotheby's African Words, Visual And Performing Arts, African Sculptures

Visual And Performing Arts

African Sculptures

Luluwa Helmet Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo | lot | Sotheby's

Kasai Region, Presumbaly Luluwa, Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Lot | Sotheby's Art Rupestre

Kasai Region, Presumbaly Luluwa, Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Lot | Sotheby's

Africa | Mask from the Luluwa people of DR Congo | Wood, raffia and pigment | ca. early 20th century

Africa | Mask from the Luluwa people of DR Congo | Wood, raffia and pigment | ca. early 20th century

Monika Ettlin

Luluwa masks. D.R.Congo