Zemanek-Münster

Small mask "okuyi"

Gabon, Punu
sold EUR 1,100
Provenance
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, lot 129
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch

Description

wood, red and black paint, the facial plane whitened with kaolin, designed corresponding to the Punu ideals of beauty, min. dam., traces of abrasion;
the so-called “white-faced masks from the Ogue” represent female ancestors from the spirit world, fantastical beings who intervened in the villages on important collective occasions.


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