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87 - Katoyo Tshokwe mask, Democratic Republic of Congo Materials …
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Estimate €500 - €800
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Katoyo Tshokwe mask, Democratic Republic of Congo Materials : Wood Base included (gallery condition). Provenance: Former collection of Edmond Verfaillie (1892-1962), a personality associated with the major Belgian companies companies operating in the Belgian Congo under Belgian state administration, notably Forminière and Forminière and Union Minière. Preserved by family descent. This ancient provenance is part of a particularly coherent and well-documented collection. Dimensions: H. 24 cm (36 cm with stand) This Katoyo mask is typical of certain Tshokwe masks from Bandundu. face, open forehead, narrow slit eyes, protruding nose and open mouth revealing sculpted teeth. revealing sculpted teeth. The face is enlivened by discreet facial scarification which reinforce its expressiveness and character. The quality of the sculpture, the age of the patina and the balance of the volumes bring this work closer to a mask preserved in a museum. mask in the collections of the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaïre (inv. Zaire (inv. 70.6.293), published in 1975 in the reference work Art from Zaire. 100 Masterworks from the National Collection by Joseph-Aurélien Cornet. This parallel, based on obvious morphological morphological and stylistic affinities, allows this mask to be included in a well-documented and documented and recognised corpus. According to the work of Manuel Jordan, this type of mask could represent a foreign character or a figure from outside the community. character or a figure from outside the community, a theme occasionally encountered in the Tshokwe mask imagination. In addition to its ethnographic interest, the work is captivating today the strength of its expression, its authenticity and the sobriety of its lines, which bear witness to the the talent of sculptors from this region of the Congo.
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About the sale ARTS OF AFRICA & OCEANIA: Three exceptional family collections
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Auction time 06/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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