
VENDU / SOLD ! Superbe Masque PUNU Okuyi Pounu Gabon bird mask FB009
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GABON
Superbe masque PUNU Mukuyi Okuyi
Très facilement reconnaissables avec leurs visages teintés et leurs scarifications caractéristiques, les masques Okuyi représenteraient les esprits des défunts
Très belle coiffure à coques et à tresses, qui entoure la totalité du visage qui exprime une grande sérénité.
A remarquer, un trou qui traverse le masque de haut en bas, comme s'il avait été jadis empalé sur un bâton (?)
Les Punu vivent Principalement au Gabon, mais on trouve aussi des communautés de ce peuple Bantou au Congo Brazzaville et au Congo RDC
PROVENANCE: Collection privée française de Mr F.B., artiste plasticien, collectionneur et expert en arts premiers pour plusieurs salles de ventes(Plus de détails sur demande)
Caractéristiques:
TYPE D'OBJET: Masque
GROUPE ETHNIQUE: Punu.
PAYS D'ORIGINE: GABON
MATERIAU: Bois.
MATERIAU: Bois.
DIMENSIONS: 32 cm.
ETAT : Moyen
(Voir photos).
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GABON
Superb PUNU mask Mukuyi Okuyi
Easily recognizable with their white-painted faces and their characteristic scarifications, the Okuyi masks would represent the spirits of the dead
Very beautiful hairstyle with hulls and braids, which surrounds the whole of the face which expresses a great serenity.
Very beautiful hairstyle with hulls and braids, which surrounds the whole of the face which expresses a great serenity.
To notice, a hole that crosses the mask from top to bottom, as if it had been impaled on a stick (?)
The Punu live mainly in Gabon, but there are also communities of this Bantu people in Congo Brazzaville and in Congo DRC
PROVENANCE: Private French collection of Mr. F.B., painter, collector and tribal art expert for several auction houses
(More details on request)
PROVENANCE: Private French collection of Mr. F.B., painter, collector and tribal art expert for several auction houses
(More details on request)
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask
ETHNICAL GROUP: Punu - Pounu. .
ORIGINE: GABON
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: About 12 1/2 Inches high.
DIMENSIONS: About 12 1/2 Inches high.
CONDITION: Medium
Please have a look on the pictures.