Luba Lion Mask

Luba Lion Mask - now in the collection of the Private Collection - image 1

Luba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wood, fibre
Height: 52 cm

Provenance
René and Odette Delenne, Brussels

Selected Exhibition History
25 March-5 June 1988, Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts, Utotombo. Kunst uit Zwart-Afrika in Belgisch prive-bezit
18 September- 31 December 1993, Antwerp, Etnografisch Museum, Face of the Spirits. Masks from the Zaire Basin
20 April- 25 September 1994, Washington, D.C., National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Face of the Spirits. Masks from the Zaire Basin

Selected Publication History
Luc de Heusch, Ed., Utotombo: Kunst uit Zwart-Afrika in Belgisch privé-bezit, Brussels, 1988, cat 215
Frank Herreman and Constantin Petridis, Eds., Face of the Spirits: Masks from the Zaire Basin, Ghent, 1993, cover and cat 162
Constentine Petridis, Fragments of the Invisible, Cleveland, OH, 2013, p 13, fig 4
Bulletin, De vrienden van het etnografisch museum Antwerpen, Antwerp, 1993, Jaargang 20, no 2-3, July-August-September, no 1

Acquired from Entwistle by
Private Collection