4th Feb, 2021 10:00

Ethnographica & Tribal Art

 
  Lot 50
 

A Punu mask, Gabon, with short linear coiffure within short knots, the forehead and face with groups of nine small square scarification marks, with rectangular mouth above a short beard, painted in a textured black pigment, 35cm

Sold for £260


Condition Report

The mask has some cracks to the top of the forehead that look like they pre-date its manufacture as they are partly filled with clay and pigment.

This mask comes with a display stand

 

A Punu mask, Gabon, with short linear coiffure within short knots, the forehead and face with groups of nine small square scarification marks, with rectangular mouth above a short beard, painted in a textured black pigment, 35cm

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