Mask "okuyi" · Gabon, Punu · ID: 3036918
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Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
light brown wood, kaolin, red and dark paint, headcrest with reptile, rep. (breakage at the head of the reptile), cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
variation of the “white masks of the Ogowe”. Originally used at funerary ceremonies, embodying male and female ancestors. The mask dancers wore costumes of raffia or cotton weave, while walking on high stilts and threatening the audience with wild screams.
The object Mask “okuyi” with the object ID 3036918 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 428.
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