Mask

29-12-175

From: Gabon | Loango | Ogooue River

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-12-175
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Punu | Lumbo
Provenience Gabon | Loango | Ogooue River
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Cicatrisation
Description

Ogowe Type. Face whitened, edge with black, Eyebrows black, ears white, hair black, lips and cicatrization red. Headdress of type 29-12-171 and -173. Face marks: vertical row of threee (red) scars i middle of forehead

Height 25.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929

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