Facial mask Ngil
Fang · Gabon
Reference: MFANT-23
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- Height
- 29 cm
- Material
- Wood, caoli and black pigment
A dark brown headdress-like cap whose center at the front lowers a stripe of the same color to the fins of the nose forming a heart…
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Full original description
A dark brown headdress-like cap whose center at the front lowers a stripe of the same color to the fins of the nose forming a heart with the ciliary arches and the brown strip tuned at the ends representing the beard.Face scarifications. Mask of justice.
Further technical information
- Width
- 18 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Gabon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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