African Mask.

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

 

 

 

Found on the site: African Art Gallery L’oeil et la main, Paris.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fang mask, Gabon, 19th century. The Ngil Society used to wear this type of mask when going to the villages for administrating violent “justice”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mask as symbol.

 

 

 


Wood, kaolin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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