Vintage PUNU-LUMBO Carved Wooden Mask, Gabon

Carved wooden mask with raised linear designs and classic treatment to the face, which is accented with kaolin clay pigment. Punu peoples, Gabon, Africa. The wood shows obvious age and weathering. The

Carved wooden "Okuyi" dance mask with heavy kaolin clay pigment and well carved coiffure, with a serene and simple face. Lumbo or Punu peoples, Gabon, Africa. The mask measures 12 x 8.5 inches. A dura

A very rare and desirable Black Punu carved wooden mask. Punu peoples, Gabon, Africa. Provenance: Ex Jean and Marie Marcellis, France; Purchased prior to 1969. Culture of the mask: Blackened Punu mask

A very rare and desirable Black Punu carved wooden mask. Punu peoples, Gabon, Africa. Provenance: Ex Jean and Marie Marcellis, France; Purchased prior to 1969. Blackened Punu masks are extremely rare

This is a nice vintage carved wooden mask from the Vuvi peoples, Gabon, West Africa. carved wood with a heavy kaolin clay pigment on the surface and some signs of age, handling and wear. The mask has

This is a vintage hand carved wooden mask from the Fang peoples, Gabon, Africa. Masks of this type are known as "Ngil" and are worn for various dances and festivals and decorate the villages of the Fa

A small carved vintage wooden mask with incised designs. Gabon, Africa.

A Vintage carved wooden mask with a well handled painted clay surface and well worn edges suggesting some age and handling. Vuvi peoples, Gabon, Africa. The mask measures 13 x 8 inches. *** A display

A Vintage carved wooden mask with a well handled painted clay surface and well worn edges suggesting some age and handling. Vuvi peoples, Gabon, Africa. The mask measures 10.25 x 6.25 inches. *** A di

Polychrome carved wood mask.  Punu/Lumbo culture, Gabon H: 29cm -11' D: 9cm -3''

This is an old hand carved wooden mask from the Punu Peoples, Gabon , Africa. Masks of this type are were worn by virtuosic male performers of a stilt dance called "mukudj," which involved towering im

This is a truly enormous vintage Fang peoples mask, Gabon, Africa. Carved wooden mask with a wonderful exaggerated form, and overall abstract style. Showing actual age and wear, this is a vintage exam

Four hand carved wooden Punu masks in the style of those from Gabon, Africa. The materials used to craft these pieces are wood, kaolin and pigments - the largest measures 14.5" x 6.75".

A Punu Lumbo female mask from Gabon. Hand carved and painted white with grass woven surround in good condition with some surface wear commensurate with age and handling. Measures 10" x 5.5" x 4.5".

A very nice old carved wooden mask from the Punu peoples of Gabon, West Africa. The Wood is very light and very dry, suggesting age and wear over the years. The mask has a light surface pigment of kao

A vintage wooden hand carved mask of the Kwele people from Gabon, Central Africa. This mask is of an anthropozoomorphic type, that is, it combines the features of a human and an animal. Such masks are

A vintage Fang peoples mask, Gabon, Africa. Carved wooden helmet mask with 4 ancestor mask faces , able to see all directions at once referring to the spirits ability to know and see all.A incredibly

A vintage hand carved wooden head of the Fang people from Gabon, Central Africa. The mask is dark brown in color and has a heart shaped concave face with a large convex forehead, characteristic of the

A vintage hand carved wooden head from the Fang people from Gabon, Central Africa. The mask is dark brown in color and has a heart shaped concave face with a large convex forehead, characteristic of t

A carved wooden female mask from the PUNU peoples of Gabon, West Africa. painted with white kaolin clay pigment and with serene facial features. Measures 12 x 8 inches.

A very finely carved wooden mask with highly stylized facial features accented with kaolin clay pigments. The mask measures 9.5 x 6 inches. Punu peoples, Gabon, Africa. Provenance: Prof. Charles Bordo

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, 2

A Carved wooden mask with elaborate coiffure, kaolin clay mineral pigment painted face and signs of wear and field use. Punu peoples, Gabon, Africa. The mask measures 13.75 x 7.5 inches. A metal displ

A Carved wooden mask with elaborate coiffure, kaolin clay mineral pigment painted face and signs of wear and field use. Punu peoples, Gabon, Africa. The mask measures 13 x 8 inches. A metal display st