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LOT 6:
A «Katoyo» Mask
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A «Katoyo» Mask
wood, fibers
mask possibly representative of western man
Angolan - Tshokwe
20th C. (mid)
missing headdress, other faults and defects, many traces of wood insects
carved by the sculptor Savula and purchased in Sandando, Moxico province, in 1971
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 20 cm
Notes: Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva, item number 174, mentioned in the notebook of the collector «Angola - Arte Negra, Relação e descrição das peças», identified there as «Katoio»: "Very protruding visor, hollow rectangular eyes, thin nose with nostrils formed by two holes. Long mouth [...] The bridge of the nose is ornamented with a groove along its entire length. [...] Purchased in Sandando , Sanzala on the right side of the railway next to the C.F.B. station) to its sculptor and owner Savula. It was used by the professional dancer Tchikua. The purchase was made on 13.3.71 [...]." For the same type of mask vd. LIMA, Mesquitela de - "Os Akixi (Mascarados) do Nordeste de Angola". In "Diamag - Publicações Culturais nº 70". Lisboa: Companhia de Diamantes de Angola - Serviços Culturais Dundo - Lunda - Angola - Museu do Dundo, 1967, pp. 142-143 e 145, nºs 1-3.
