Arm masquette · Gabon, Fang · ID: 3039063
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Provenance
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, FranceDescription
wood, brown patina, plant fibre, badge with seven drilled holes for attachment, carved with a mask face on top, plant fibre “beard”;
worn by the “nganga” at ritual dances on occasion of initiation ceremonies or for warding off witchcraft.
Littérature comparée
Perrois, Louis, L'Esprit de la foret, Terres du Gabon, Paris 1997, p. 160 Siroto, Leon, East of the Atlantic West of the Congo, San Francisco 1995, p. 50