Anthropomorphic face mask "okukwè" · Gabon, Galoa · ID: 3047744
sold
EUR 2,300
Provenance
Bert Garrebeek, Beersel, BelgiumAlfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, 19 June 2010, Lot 379
Kevin Conru, London, Great Britain
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, red pigment, base
These masks, reported by Frobenius as early as 1898, are called “okukwe” (“okoukoué”) and were danced at important transition ceremonies, such as funerals of important people, initiation rites or twin births.
The object Anthropomorphic face mask “okukwè” with the object ID 3047744 was part of the auction 96th Auction on April 24, 2021. The object with the lot number 111 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,300 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Perrois, Louis, Arts du Gabon, Paris 1979, p. 241, ill. 255
Publications
AHDRC: 0125021