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October 23, 2010
Lot: 125Lot: 127 
 Embed this image:  | LOT 126A fine and rare Lwalu (Lwalwa) copper covered face mask; Lwalu, D.R. Congo.Estimate: $15,000.00 - $18,000.00 Realized: $12000 A fine and rare Lwalu (Lwalwa) copper covered face mask; Lwalu, D.R. Congo. Hand hammered copper over powerfully carved mask. Concave face and pointed chin counterbalanced by the thrusting nose. Copper clad Lwalwu (Lwalwa) masks are usually associated with chiefdom, and used by the Bongongo Society in anti-witchcraft rites. Exceptional example. Yale archive number: 84865. Published: Expo cat.: "Remnants of Ritual, Selections from the Gelbard Collection of African Art", edited by Arthur Bourgeois and Scott Rodolitz, New York: Ethnos, 2003:41, #93. Exhibition(s): USA: "Remnants of Ritual, Selections from the Gelbard Collection of African Art": -University Park, IL: Governors State University, February 2003 - Krannert, IL: Krannert Art Museum, 26 August-26 October, 2003 -Kansas City, MO: Belger Art Foundation/UNIVERSITY of Missouri-Kansas City, 2004 -Park Forest, IL: Tall Grass Art Association, 2005 Auction(s): Bonhams, New York, "The Gelbard Collection of African Art", 13 November 2007. Lot 2591 H. 13 1/4", D. 6" |
