Lot: 394

80th Tribal Art Auction

Mourning mask "okuyi"

Gabon, Punu

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Patrick Morgan, New York, USA H: 11 inch This object is not available anymore.

wood, the facial plane whitened with kaolin, reddish brown, red and black paint, irregular facial features, however corresponding with the Punu ideals of beauty (curved brows, half-closed eyes, red mouth), slightly dam. (mouth, chin), fissure, missing part (coiffure), abrasion of paint, base


Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 278