WHITE PUNU MASK  SOUTH GABON   AFR07372

MESURMENTS - Hight 29,5cm 11 1/2inches

DISCRIPTION

Very old and elegant Punu mask from the Ogowe bassin region. the protruding diamond-shaped face with raised pursed lips
and slit coffee bean eyes set deeply beneath the arching brows, the domed forehead beneath a tripartite coiffure, and framed
by semicircular ears protruding to the sides; exceptionally fine encrusted kaolin patina on the face and encrusted blackened
patina on the coiffure

PROVENANCE -  coll of a French pilot -coll Charles Craig. Jr                                 PRICE ON REQUEST