Anthropomorphic mask · Gabon, Fang / Nzebi · ID: 3045744
sold
EUR 10,000
Provenance
Christian Duponcheel, Pietrebais, BelgiumLucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Hendrik Elias, Wieze, Belgium (1992)
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium (1998)
Alfons Bermel, Obersteinbach, France
Zemanek-Münster, 5 March 2011, Lot 302
French Private Collection
Size
H: 65 cm
B: 29 cm
H: 25.6 inch
B: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, rep.
The Fang mainly live in northern and western Gabon, in Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni) and in southern Cameroon.
The white face paint reminds of the power of the ancestors and may be a hint that the the mask represents the spirit of a deceased.
Comparing literature
Siroto, Leon, East of the Atlantic West of the Congo, San Francisco 1995, p. 50
Publications
De Buck, Jo, "Hendrik Elias Legacy Archives", Brussels 2018, p. 15, ill. 5AHDRC: 0045979