Punu mask - Gabon

Punu mask characterized by a central shell hairstyle flanked by two lateral bonnets. The forehead is adorned with the checkerboard scarring typical of Punu art. Finely slanted eyes in the center of a kaolin-coated face. These masks were worn with full costume by dancers perched on stilts, during a ritual dance called Okuyi. 

Height: 27 cm
Timed Tuesday 6 May・13:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 51

Punu mask - Gabon Punu mask characterized by a central shell hairstyle flanked by two lateral bonnets. The forehead is adorned with the checkerboard scarring typical of Punu art. Finely slanted eyes in the center of a kaolin-coated face. These masks were worn with full costume by dancers perched on stilts, during a ritual dance called Okuyi. Height: 27 cm

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Punu mask - Gabon Punu mask characterized by a central shell hairstyle flanked by two lateral bonnets. The forehead is adorned with the checkerboard scarring typical of Punu art. Finely slanted eyes in the center of a kaolin-coated face. These masks were worn with full costume by dancers perched on stilts, during a ritual dance called Okuyi. Height: 27 cm
Sale Tuesday 6 May・13:00 (Europe/Paris)
Sale location coming soon 9 rue de Provence 75009 Paris