Lot No. 42


A Punu or Lumbo 'okuyi' mask, Gabon around 1900.


A Punu or Lumbo 'okuyi' mask, Gabon around 1900. - Tribal Art

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


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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

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