SCARCE BEMBE, CONGO (DRC) TRIBAL AFRICAN
EARLY 20TH CENTURY ANTIQUE HAND
CARVED, HAND PAINTED CLAY RED & CHALK
WHITE CEREMONIAL WOODEN FIGURATIVE MASK, featuring ALL ORIGINAL
SURFACES, with ORGANIC PIGMENT & DRY,
MATTE WOOD FINISH & ORIGINAL TIED
HEMP CORD, with HOLES for EYES
& NOSTRILS
[Found in a well-appointed Boston, MA estate]
(Circa 1900-1930)
Early 20th century Bembe antique tribal African ceremonial, hand carved & hand painted wooden figurative masks from the Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa