AFRICAN ART PUNU-LUMBO OKUYI MASK GABON EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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AFRICAN ART PUNU-LUMBO OKUYI MASK GABON EARLY 20TH CENTURY:
$2500.00

AFRICAN ART PUNU-LUMBO OKUYI MASK GABON EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Country: GabonPeople: Punu-LumboPeriod: 1930\'sMaterial: WoodDimensions: 8-1/2\" H x 6-1/2\" W x 5-1/2\" D (21.5 x 16.5 x 13.9 cm) w/o display stand; 13-1/4\" H (33.6 cm)w/display standWeight: 2 lb 3.2 oz w/display Okuyi mourning mask. The mask has remains of white kaolin on the face with red pigmentation on the ears and lips. The forehead has the classic nine scale like pattern and is repeated on either side of the cheeks. Arching eyebrows over slit like eyes. Carved rolls of hair, parted in the middle. Age crack on top back of mask. See photos. Display stand is included. ($150.00 value).
The Okuyi mask representsfemaleentities from the spirit world, beings who intervene in villages concerning important collective occasions such as bereavements, birth of twins, epidemics and hunts for malevolent beings.