African Bronze Okuyi Passport mask - PUNU tribe - Gabon, TRIBAL ART CRAFTS

Description

Very beautiful feminine Bronze PUNU Passport mask. With a typical finely worked hairdress and a very nice face.
Beautifully made, with plenty of details, It has a beautiful brown patina.
A PUNU mask embodies the close connection between the world of the living and the dead in African beliefs. They are mostly feminine in nature.
The number and position of the scarifications varies per style or ethnic group. These distinctive signs, called mabinda, were made in children around the age of ten to fourteen.
These Passport masks were for personal use and worn on the body or kept in a personal shrine in the house.
Good condition, but with signs of use and normal holes of cast glitches.
Take a good look at the pictures.
Dimensions approx .:
Height: 5.9 inch, 15 cm
Width: 3.9 inch, 10 cm
Depth: 3.5 inch, 9 cm
Weight: 1.5 lbs, 0.7 Kg
Sold without the stand
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