An important punu mask, gabon of hollowed diamond-shaped form and elegant proportions, the circular face with streight parallel lips, petite nose with delicately seperated nostrils bisecting the squinting eyes flanked by notched scarifications on the forehead and temples, the whole framed by an elaborate coiffure with central crest and braids merging below the chin; fine aged patina with traces of kaolin and dark brown pigment. height 11 1/4 in. 26.8cm
An important punu mask, gabon of hollowed diamond-shaped form and elegant proportions, the circular face with streight parallel lips, petite nose with delicately seperated nostrils bisecting the squinting eyes flanked by notched scarifications on the forehead and temples, the whole framed by an elaborate coiffure with central crest and braids merging below the chin; fine aged patina with traces of kaolin and dark brown pigment. height 11 1/4 in. 26.8cm
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