Hemispherical mask for the women's MAPIKO dance.... Lot 523

Hemispherical mask for the women's MAPIKO dance. Makonde, Mozambique/Tanzania. H 26cm, made of gray terracotta with cupped ears and angular scarification marks on the cheeks; the right ear decorated with blue glass beads (missing) (inv. no. 53). Illustrated in: K.-F. Schaedler, Götter Geister Ahnen, Ergänzungskatalog für die Ausstellung im Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna (1994), no. 304, p. 30; ders., Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture (2009) p. 407. Minor restoration to the reverse, otherwise intact. Provenance: Acquired from a Belgian dealer in the 1980s.