A Rare Punu Horned Mask Ex Galiner Collection
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A rare Variant F carved wooden mask accented with kaolin clay pigments, with serene face, incised coiffure and tall antelope like horns. Punu peoples, Gabon, Africa. The mask measures 18 x 7 inches, 25 inches on custom display stand. Provenance: Ex Galiner Collection, Toulouse , France. Ex Mc Connell Collection, VA , Ex Private New Jersey collection. Please see the article in ART TRIBAL Magazine by Louis Perrois about the White faced masks of Gabon, according to him, this is a very rare style known as variant F ( see attached images.) and it is written that they express the Power of the spirit world.
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A Rare Punu Horned Mask Ex Galiner Collection
Estimate $800 - $1,500
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