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

The object Mourning face mask “okuyi” with the object ID 3041862 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 333.

You can find more Masks and other popular object types on our related topic pages. You may also be interested in our page on African art.

Publications

Jean David, Gabon, Zurich 2005, p. 165

AHDRC: 0139821

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