Rare black face mask "ikwara-mokulu" ("mask of the night") · Gabon, Punu / Lumbo · ID: 3048489
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Provenance
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, FranceSize
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, black and red paint, base
“Ikwar” masks are related in morphology to the classic white “okuyi” masks. They represent either a male ancestor spirit or an old woman, the counterpart of the beautiful young woman who died young, embodied by the “okuyi” masks.
The object Rare black face mask “ikwara-mokulu” (“mask of the night”) with the object ID 3048489 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 289.
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