Mourning face mask "okuyi" · Gabon, Punu · ID: 3041862
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Provenance
French Private Collection, ParisSize
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.
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Publications
Jean David, Gabon, Zurich 2005, p. 165
AHDRC: 0139821