Mask "mvudi" · Gabon, Adouma/Tsogho · ID: 3043521

Name: Mask "mvudi"
SKU: 3043521
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

French Private Collection

Size

H: 31 cm

H: 12.2 inch

Description

light wood, kaolin, black paint, metal tags, remains of red fabric, min. dam., fine cracks, missing parts (back), paint rubbed off in parts, base.
The Adouma are a small ethnic group in southeastern Gabon, living on the upper Ogoouè. This is a region, which has seen continous migrations during the last 300 years, a fact which is reflected also by its history of art. Their masks - figures are unknown - show various influences from ethnic groups in and around neighbouring areas, like the Punu, Fang or Vuvi.

Comparing literature

Perrois, Louis, L'Esprit de la foret, Terres du Gabon, Paris 1997, p. 107 David, Jean & Jane, Gabon, Zurich 2005, p. 116 f. Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 202