CONGO DRC
POWERFUL SALAMPASU WARRIOR MASK
Beautiful mask, very expressive and visibly old. The face is covered with copper plates
The aggressive aspect of the Salampasu masks with their large rounded forehead and visible teeth, readily leads us to think that they could easily inspire fear and respect.
"It has often been said that the Salampasu were head cutters, a reputation perhaps more in relation to the appearance of their masks than from the reality " (Detour des Mondes)
The Salampasu live on the border Congo Drc / Angola and are neighbors of the Tshokwe
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask
ETHNICAL GROUP: Salampasu
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo.
(ex Zaïre ex Belgian Congo).
MATERIAL: Wood, textile, vegetal fibers, copper
DIMENSIONS: about 10 Inches high. (wood only)
(23 1/2 Inches complete)
CONDITION: Medium
(See pictures)
The base is not included
Bibliographie - Bibliography:
- Masques d'Afrique, William Fagg, Fernand Nathan, 1980 - Masques, collectif, Musée Dapper, 1995
- Persona. Masques d'Afrique, identités cachées et révélées, Anne-Marie Bouttiaux,Catalogue de l'exposition "Persona" présentée au Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren (Belgique) du 24 avril 2008 au 3 janvier 2010
- Face of the Spirits; Masks from the Zaire Basin, Frank Herreman, Constantijn Petridis, Ed. Martial & Snoeck, Antwerp, 1993
- Masks in Congo, Viviane Baeke, Baeke, Arthur Bourgeois, Kellim Brown, David Binkley, Rik Ceyssens,, Marc Leo Felix, Pol Pierre Gossiaux, Manuel Jordanl, Constantin Petridis, Zoë Stroher, Julien Volper, Pan Yanqin. Edition Marc Leo Félix, 2016
- Congo Mythical Masks, Marc Leo Felix, Paul Louis, Edité par Marc Leo Felix, Tribal Arts SPRL, 2009
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