Anthropomorphic face mask · Gabon, Vuvi · ID: 3047464
sold
EUR 2,800
Provenance
French Colonial Collection (~1950)Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, white earth “pemba”, red pigment, grass fibre,
Only little is known about the usage of Vuvi masks in Central Gabon.
They know a mask type which represents the spirit being “moghondzi” and which - announced by the sound of drums - appears only by night. According to J. Bonhomme “moghondzi” embody dead ancestors coming back to visit living people.