Facial Mask
Vuvi · Gabon
Reference: MFANT-69
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- Height
- 30 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
It dominates a white pigmentation on which large eyebrows in the form of swallow stand out with the wings deployed, small eyes and small mouth slightly…
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Full original description
It dominates a white pigmentation on which large eyebrows in the form of swallow stand out with the wings deployed, small eyes and small mouth slightly open. Triangular nose in the form of T Reversed.
These masks, which bear the color of the deceased, participate in funerals. When they are out of use they are stored in the meeting house of the initiates, the ebanza. These masks have a great resemblance to those of their neighbors the VuviIt represents Moghonzi, the spirit of a deceased.
Marked influence Punu in this mask, with a white face painted with kaoli and triangular ears and mouth. High headdressed in the form of pointed tupe with two lateral bumps.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
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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