Punu Maiden Mask Tsangui, Gabon #1068


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  • Punu Maiden Mask Tsangui, Gabon #1068
  • Represent the Ideal of Feminine Maidenly Beauty
  • Punu Masks from Gabon are often called by the name of the Rites in which they participate (Bwiti, Bwété, Byéri, Ngil, Emboli, Okuyi, Mukuyi...). They intervene in all the events that are vital for the community, in rites with a social aspect (mourning, funerals, illnesses), purification or fecundity rites (birth, adolescence, virginity), reconciliation and justice rites (to restore the authority of the chief, harmony within families, or to solve generation conflicts), or finally protection rites (which specifically aim to attract the good graces of ancestors or spirits...).
  • Measurements: 15×20×32 cm
  • Condition: Good
  • Circa 1950-60's
  • Not sold with stand
  • Provenance: Private Belgian Collection