Tschokwe mask ex-Museum Stapelen
Mask
with headdress. Tschokwe people of Zaïre. Democratic Republic of the
Congo.
Height: 8.2 inches, 21 cm . Depth
Provenance: The Duch Castle Stapelen Mission Museum from the Assumption's fathers deaccessionised this mask. There is a painted number inside "1850".
Price: SOLD
Wood, raffia fabric, cotton, red camwood pigments around the eyes. Pointed teeth. Shiny Patina.
First half twentieth century. Scarification on face & forehead.
Tribe info : Tchokwe-Lunda
Bibliography:
Chokwe
Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related Peoples
(Hardcover)
Magnificently loaded with elegant plates of ceremonial and tribal objects from
the Chokwe tribe and others in Angola, this exhibition catalog accompanies a
show originating at the Birmingham
Museum of Art in Alabama; editor Jordan, who spent more than two years
with the Chokwe and related tribes, is the museum's curator. The objects are
mostly carved wood, but their polished, stylized vision of people and nature
and the variety and especially the depth of feeling in masks raise them far
above craft. The pieces are shown alone, as in a museum exhibit, with art
stressed more than anthropology. To remedy this, seven scholarly articles by
authorities on the Chokwe appear throughout, along with photos of native life.
While this puts into context objects like whistles, thrones, and the
intriguing divination baskets full of tiny magical charms, it has a somewhat
choppy effect. One of a series of books on African art by Prestel (e.g.,
African Art from the Han Corey Collection, LJ 6/15/98 ), this covers a
seldom-visited area rich in heritage. For larger art-oriented and college
libraries. AGay W. Neale, Southside Virginia Community Coll. Lib., Alberta
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Birmingham Museum of Art (Birm Ala.)
Chokwe by Manuel Jordan ( Surveys the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Chokwe people of Angola, Zaire, and Zimbabwe. )
Price: SOLD this fine Tchokwe mask coming
from the Stapelen Museum
+32
3 227.35.40, 