A Punu Mask View All Items possibly elements to the jambs

possibly elements to the jambs of a large chimneypiece

no restoration or repairs

3/4" D: 18

Wonderful worn limed finish

A Punu Mask View All Items possibly elements to the jambsH: 32 W: 19 D: 14 CM. The famous white masks of the Punu people were worn during the okuyi performance, one of the rites of mwiri, an important male initiation society spread throughout southern and central Gabon. They are characterized by a face with youthful features, half closed eyelids under slightly raised arching eyebrows, a fine realistically rendered nose, a mouth pursed forward with full red painted lips, painted red, and an elaborate crested