GABON - PUNU - Lot 444

Lot n° 444
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1500 - 2000 EUR
GABON - PUNU - Lot 444
GABON - PUNU MUKUYI mask, also known as the white mask. These masks are used in all circumstances vital to the community, including social rites (mourning, funerals, illness), rites of purification or fertility (birth, adolescence, virginity), and rites of reconciliation and justice. They are coated with kaolin, a sign of communication with the supernatural world, Wood, kaolin - H: 33 cm Private collection, Paris
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