Small mask "okuyi" ·  Gabon, Punu · ID: 3039831

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.