Helmet mask "emboli" or "mbuto" · Gabon, Kota · ID: 3044124
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Provenance
Nick Poolos (Adeon Gallery), Chicago, USASize
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.
The object Helmet mask “emboli” or “mbuto” with the object ID 3044124 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 336.
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Comparing literature
Philips, Tom, Africa, Die Kunst eines Kontinents, New York 1996, p. 316, ill. 4.88
Publications
AHDRC: 0153595