Small mask "okuyi" · Gabon, Punu · ID: 3039831
sold
EUR 1,100
Provenance
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, lot 129Hans 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.
The object Small mask “okuyi” with the object ID 3039831 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 165 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100.
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