Mourning mask "okuyi" · Gabon, Punu · ID: 3038545
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Provenance
Patrick Morgan, New York, USASize
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, the facial plane whitened with kaolin, reddish brown, red and black paint, irregular facial features, however corresponding with the Punu ideals of beauty (curved brows, half-closed eyes, red mouth), slightly dam. (mouth, chin), fissure, missing part (coiffure), abrasion of paint, base
The object Mourning mask “okuyi” with the object ID 3038545 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 394.
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Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 278