Masque funéraire "okuyi" ·  Gabon, Punu · ID: 3038545

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

Littérature comparée

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 278