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THBOkuyi Mask, Punu People, Gabon
Lot 135
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$1,500 - $3,000
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By 500 Gallery
Mar 23, 2022
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2022-03-23 17:30:00
2022-03-23 17:30:00
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A lively selection of new-to-the-market pieces from private collections are presented along with hundreds of artworks from our extensive storerooms. Paintings and drawings by and attributed to master artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Picasso, Warhol, Basquiat, Monet, and Chagall. 500 Gallery info@500gallery.com
A lively selection of new-to-the-market pieces from private collections are presented along with hundreds of artworks from our extensive storerooms. Paintings and drawings by and attributed to master artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Picasso, Warhol, Basquiat, Monet, and Chagall. 500 Gallery info@500gallery.com
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- Lot Description
Punu People, Gabon: Face Mask (Okuyi). Carved wood, enhanced with white kaolin clay, reddish and brown/black pigments. Late 19th/early 20th century. The mask represents a beautiful young female who has returned from the Island of the Dead, to rejoin village life. Her features include raised geometrically arranged dots of scarification on the forehead and temples, which are believed to have sexual connotation. Other desirable characteristics are the slit-like eyes, defined eyebrows, narrow nose, and the rounded, open mouth which appears to be singing. The hairline is defined by a woven band, above which is an elaborate four-sectioned coiffure. The larger front sections of the coiffure are separated from the back are divided by another, braided band.
In use, such masks would appear as the heads of raffia or fabric costumes borne by agile dancers on stilts.
Dimensions: 10H x 9W x 6D (inches)
Provenance: Private collection.
NOTE: Please inspect the photos, which supplement the written description and show the condition of this lot.
10H x 9W x 6D (inches)
Please inspect the photos, which supplement the written description and show the condition of this lot.Good condition with pigment losses and scuffs consistent with use.Condition
Note: Please inspect the photos, which supplement the written description and show the condition of this lot.
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