Exposição:
18 de Setembro (2ª feira) a 24 de Setembro (Domingo) - 14h às 19h
LOT 39:
A «Lipiko» mask
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Sold for: €400
Start price:
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Estimated price :
€400 - €600
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A «Lipiko» mask
pigmented wood
mask used for the Mapiko dance, possibly representative of an European sailor
Mozambican - Makonde
20th C. (mid)
minor faults and defects, wear, patina wear
purchased in the city of Beira (Mozambique), in 1966
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 27 cm
Notes: Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva, item number 19, mentioned in the notebook of the collector «Angola - Arte Negra, Relação e descrição das peças», identified in it as «Lipiko Mask»: "Used in the MAPIKO dance [...]. purchased in the city of Beira (Mozambique) in 1966 [...]".

