Helmet mask "emboli" or "mbuto", Gabon, Kota, Size: H: 41,5 cm (H: 16.3 inch), ID: 3044124

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Lot 336

89th Tribal Art Auction

Helmet mask "emboli" or "mbuto" · Gabon, Kota · ID: 3044124

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Provenance

Nick Poolos (Adeon Gallery), Chicago, USA

Size

H: 41,5 cm

H: 16.3 inch

Description

wood, base

This masks are worn during dances in celebration of the initiation of adolescent boys. Their circumcision forms the climax of the ritual. The mask is also worn during anti-sorcery séances or for psychotherapeutic purposes.

Comparing literature

Philips, Tom, Africa, Die Kunst eines Kontinents, New York 1996, p. 316, ill. 4.88

Publications

AHDRC: 0153595

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