Mourning face mask "okuyi", Gabon, Punu, Size: H: 33 cm (H: 13.0 inch), ID: 3041862

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Lot 333

85th Tribal Art Auction

Mourning face mask "okuyi" · Gabon, Punu · ID: 3041862

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Provenance

French Private Collection, Paris

Size

H: 33 cm

H: 13.0 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, kaolin, red pigment, characteristically whitened with “pemba” (white earth/strongly darkened), forehead tattoo, elaborate coiffure, slightly dam. (nose), missing parts (hairdo on top, rim backside), abrasion of paint, cracks

Publications

Jean David, Gabon, Zurich 2005, p. 165

AHDRC: 0139821

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