Facial Mask
Fang · Gabon
Reference: MFANT-118
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- Height
- 35 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Stylized mask Fang with a face, painted with kaolin, heart-shaped. Black and white pigmentation. This mask dates from the colonial era, the period in which colonial…
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Full original description
Stylized mask Fang with a face, painted with kaolin, heart-shaped. Black and white pigmentation. This mask dates from the colonial era, the period in which colonial authorities banned the activities of the secret society Ngil, for purely political reasons but on the pretext that they were engaged in cannibalism practices. Mácra de funerales.
Further technical information
- Width
- 20 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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