gilt brass swan neck carrying handles

L:215 W:233 CM

H:37 W:17 D:41 CM

H:10 W:16 D:15

The gilding has faded to a gentle hue

A Punu Mask Lighting gilt brass swan neck carryingH: 32 W: 19 D: 14 CM. The famous white masks of the Punu people were worn during the okuyi performance, one of the rites of mwiri, an important male initiation society spread throughout southern and central Gabon. They are characterized by a face with youthful features, half closed eyelids under slightly raised arching eyebrows, a fine realistically rendered nose, a mouth pursed forward with full red painted lips, painted red, and an elaborate crested