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Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji", Gabon, Punu, Size: H: 30 cm (H: 11.8 inch), ID: 3046177
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Lot 237
93rd Tribal Art Auction

Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji" ·  Gabon, Punu · ID: 3046177

sold EUR 2,300
Provenance
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1970s)
Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, 24 June 1981, Lot 103
Simone Véliot (1948-2009), Boulogne Billancourt, France
Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, Paris, France (2015)
Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch

Description

wood, kaolin, traces of insect caused damage

This beautiful old mask with the typical whitened face is one of the so-called “white-faced masks from the Ogooué”.

These masks represent female entities from the spirit world and especially performed during mourning rites.

Publications

Expo cat. "Une Collection d' Artiste, Simone Veliot", Galerie Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, Paris 2015, p. 29

AHDRC: 0049092

Exhibition

Paris, France: "Une Collection d' Artiste, Simone Veliot", during: "Parcours des Mondes", 8-13 September 2015

Africa
Masks

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