A Punu or Lumbo 'okuyi' mask, Gabon around 1900.
![A Punu or Lumbo 'okuyi' mask, Gabon around 1900. - Tribal Art A Punu or Lumbo 'okuyi' mask, Gabon around 1900. - Tribal Art](/fileadmin/lot-images/39T180621/normal/punu-od-lumbo-okuyi-maske-gabun-um-1900-5227919.jpg)
Wood, 30 cm. A fine 'beauty' or 'mourning' mask with a Yipunu hair dress. In the matrilineal society of the Punu and the Lumbo, okuyi masks are worn by dancers on stilts to commemorate the spirits of lost maidens.
Provenance
French colonial collection. Important Belgian private collection.
Published
Louis Perrois, Punu: Visions of Africa, 2008 page 30.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
21.06.2018 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
-
EUR 11,250.-
- Estimate:
-
EUR 10,000.- to EUR 12,000.-
A Punu or Lumbo 'okuyi' mask, Gabon around 1900.
Wood, 30 cm. A fine 'beauty' or 'mourning' mask with a Yipunu hair dress. In the matrilineal society of the Punu and the Lumbo, okuyi masks are worn by dancers on stilts to commemorate the spirits of lost maidens.
Provenance
French colonial collection. Important Belgian private collection.
Published
Louis Perrois, Punu: Visions of Africa, 2008 page 30.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
Buyers hotline
Mon.-Fri.: 10.00am - 5.00pm
kundendienst@dorotheum.at +43 1 515 60 200 |
Auction: | Tribal Art |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 21.06.2018 - 17:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 16.06. - 21.06.2018 |
** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT
It is not possible to turn in online buying orders anymore. The auction is in preparation or has been executed already.