Anthropomorphic face mask, Gabon, Vuvi / Sango / Tsogho, Size: H: 28 cm (H: 11.0 inch), ID: 3048460

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Lot 294

Anthropomorphic face mask · Gabon, Vuvi / Sango / Tsogho · ID: 3048460

sold EUR 4,900

Provenance

American Collection

Size

H: 28 cm

H: 11.0 inch

Description

wood, kaolin, base

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.

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