Unidentified

Mukuyi Society Female Mourning Face Mask (okuyi)

n.d.

Category
Culture
Punu or Lumbo
Place Made
Gabon: Ogowe River Area
Materials
Wood, pigment, metal
Measurements
12 1/2 x 7 1/4 in (31.75 x 18.415 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase with Funds donated by an anonymous donor, in memory of Bryce Holcombe
Accession #
92.816
Description

Face with white kaolin overall and traces of red in lips. Slender down turning crescent-shape slits form eyes, small thin nose, thin and raised arched eyebrows, upper lip with two dominant arches while bottom lip a straight line. A flat plank attached under the chin and cheeks, the headdress consists of five nodules with incised parallel lines.