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Punu-Tsengi mask Gabon / Congo
Wood and pigments.
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109
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Punu-Tsengi mask Gabon / Congo
Wood and pigments.
See original version (French)
Estimate €5,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Punu-Tsengi mask
Gabon / Congo
Wood and pigments. 30 cm high
Among the classic white masks attributed to Punu and related groups, those
like the one shown here have an inverted T-shaped scarification mark on the forehead, highlighted with padouk red
padouk red, and another crossing the face from side to side at nose level, as well as a headdress with a
hairstyle with a strong central shell, come from the border zone between present-day Gabon and
Gabon and Congo, and are generally attributed to the Nzebi and Tsengi.
Representing the deceased, and especially women, young women or widows of chiefs,
They were carried by dancers on stilts during mourning rituals.
Provenance :
- Jean-Pierre Laprugne Collection (Paris)
- Christie's sale (Paris) 4 April 2017
- Acquired at this sale by its current owners.
See original version (French)
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