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Description : FANG PEOPLE CARVED & PAINTED NGIL MASK, NORTHERN OGOWE, H 15, W 8:THE CARVED WOOD FACE DECORATED WITH NATURAL PIGMENTS. WITH NOTE TO BOTTOM READING: FANG, NORTHERN OGOWE, FROM NENGE-NENGE IN NKOMO - MASK, 14. BASE NUMBERED 1001. OVERALL: H 19 CATALOGER'S NOTE: THIS TYPE OF FANG MASK (NGIL) WAS USED IN THE NGIL ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS ACTIVE UP TO THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY. INITIATED MEMBERS OF THE NGIL ASSOCIATION PLAYED POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL ROLES IN FANG VILLAGES. IN ADDITION TO MEDIATING DISPUTES BETWEEN RIVAL CLANS, NGIL INITIATES DANCED THIS MASK TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS AGAINST SORCERY, POISONINGS AND OTHER MALEVOLENT ACTS AND TO IDENTIFY AND PUNISH WRONGDOERS. THE MASK WAS CONSIDERED TERRIFYING BECAUSE IT PERSONIFIED A SEMIHUMAN BEING. THE TYPE IS DISTINGUISHED BY THE ELONGATED SHAPE AND BROAD FOREHEAD, THE ARCHED, OVERHANGING BROW AND HEART-SHAPED FACE AND THE SMALL, PROTRUDING MOUTH. THE WHITE PIGMENT WAS MADE FROM KAOLIN, WHICH IS THOUGHT TO HAVE CURATIVE POWERS. THE MASK WAS WORN WITH CLOTHING OF RAFFIA STRIPS AND A FIBER RUFF THAT COMPLETED THE NGIL ENSEMBLE. - “FANG MASK (NGIL).” COLLECTIONS | SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART, AFRICA.SI.EDU/COLLECTIONS/VIEW/OBJECTS/ASITEM/ITEMS$0040:4589. FROM THE ESTATE OF ANNE MARKLEY SPIVAK.
Price: 1 419.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 200 USD-300 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 1286
Title : Fang People Carved & Painted Ngil Mask
Size : H 15, W 8
Condition report : The mask has wormholes overall. There is wear to the paint and small chips throughout. There is a 3 crack to the lower left side of the mask. RB 3-8-18
DuMouchelles, auctioneer, Detroit, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Fine Arts, Jewelry and Antique Funiture
Sale date : 17 Mar 2018 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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