Double Mask
Punu · Gabon
Reference: GML-4
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- Height
- 36 cm
- Material
- Wood, pigments, kaolin and raffia
Mask intended to worship the twins, is front page by the initiated members of society Moukouji on the occasion of the funerals. They represent young deceased.…
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Full original description
Mask intended to worship the twins, is front page by the initiated members of society Moukouji on the occasion of the funerals. They represent young deceased. Its carriers dance on stilts with spectacular movements. The masks moukouji have the white face, with rhomboidal scarifications in front and temples, usually in groups of nine forming a rhombus of three in the background.
Further technical information
- Width
- 26 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the 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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