Ekuk Face Mask
Kwele · Gabon
Reference: MFAZ-44
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- Height
- 33 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
A long heart-shaped mask. Inside there is a cut-out anthropomorphic head, shaped like a rugby ball, whose trimming forms an almost concentric heart with the previous…
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Full original description
A long heart-shaped mask. Inside there is a cut-out anthropomorphic head, shaped like a rugby ball, whose trimming forms an almost concentric heart with the previous one. The lower part of the face, white, has another perfect heart. They alternate the white color and the very dark brown. In the dark part of the outer heart are one eye-shaped drawings.
Further technical information
- Width
- 21 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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