Arm masquette

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Description

wood, brown patina, plant fibre, badge with seven drilled holes for attachment, carved with a mask face on top, plant fibre “beard”;
worn by the “nganga” at ritual dances on occasion of initiation ceremonies or for warding off witchcraft.

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Comparing literature

Perrois, Louis, L'Esprit de la foret, Terres du Gabon, Paris 1997, p. 160 Siroto, Leon, East of the Atlantic West of the Congo, San Francisco 1995, p. 50

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