Anthropomorphic face mask · Gabon, Vuvi · ID: 3046178
sold
EUR 4,400
Provenance
Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, SwedenSize
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
Description
wood, white earth “pemba”, rep., base
This mask possibly represents the spirit being “moghondzi”, which announced by the sound of drums, appears only by night.
According to J. Bonhomme these “moghondzi” are dead ancestors coming back to visit living people.