Description : African Art Punu-Lumbo wooden mask from Gabon. Mask features caolin and red & black tone oil painted face with intricately carved coiffure. Possibly an Okuyi (mokuyi) white-faced mask, since it features the 9 scale-like pattern on forehead, this is said to be a central eye and also a flowering tree. Mask measures approximately 16 inches in length by 10 inches in width by 7.5 inches in depth. Mask has surface wear consistent with age. African Art, Tribal Art, African sculpture, ethnographic Art, African folk art, African sculpture figural, decorative art, collectible African arts, African ceremonial mask. Property of a New York Private Collection. A Punu-Lumbo mask is a tribal mask native to the Ogooué River basin in Gabon, especially in the south in Ngounié Province. (Info from Wikipedia) 7
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About the lot N° 3 Title : Punu-Lumbo Carved Mask From Gabon Size : 16 inches in length by 10 inches in width by 7.5 inches in depth Condition report : surface wear consistent with age