Vente 222 African Art - Eng. Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva Collection | Antiques and Works of Art, Rare Books, Mod and Contemporary Art
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Exposição:

18 de Setembro (2ª feira) a 24 de Setembro (Domingo) - 14h às 19h

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LOT 45:

A «Salampassu» mask

Vendu pour: €1 400
Prix de départ:
300
Prix estimé :
€300 - €450
Commission de la maison de ventes: 24.6%
tags:

A «Salampassu» mask
wood, copper and fibers
Democratic Republic of Congo
20th C.
faults and defects
purchased in Sandoa region (Katanga)
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (total) 58 cm
Notes: Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva, item number 15, mentioned in the notebook of the collector «Angola - Arte Negra, Relação e descrição das peças», identified in it as «Máscara - Asalampasu»: "One of the characteristic features of these masks is the protruding forehead that overshadows the poorly differentiated features of the face. [...] Purchased in the Sandoa region (Katanga) by Luís de Carvalho, a merchant in Luau [former Teixeira de Sousa] and former employee of the C. F. B. railway and offered by him in 1966". Cf. Bibliography referred to by the collector: (possibly) FAGG, William Buller - "Sculptures africaines: les univers artistiques des tribus d'Afrique noire". Paris, Fernand Hazan, p. 65, tribe 100. Another «Salampassú» mask is represented in FELIX, Marc Leo. - "100 Peoples of Zaire and Their Sculpture: The Handbook”. Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987, p. 153, nº 15.