A Magnificent Punu-Lumbo Mask, Gabon of overall graceful proportions and hollowed, oval form, with pointed chin, tender sensually parted lips, petite nose flanked by pronounced cheekbones, beneath squinting eyes and dramatically arching brows, framed by diminutive ears, with notched scarifications on the bulging forehead and temples, the whole surmounted by an upswept crested coiffure flanked by chignons with rests of fibres at each end for attachment of braids; exceptionally fine surface of brown and black pigment over a layer of kaolin. Height 11 3/4 in. 29 cm
A Magnificent Punu-Lumbo Mask, Gabon of overall graceful proportions and hollowed, oval form, with pointed chin, tender sensually parted lips, petite nose flanked by pronounced cheekbones, beneath squinting eyes and dramatically arching brows, framed by diminutive ears, with notched scarifications on the bulging forehead and temples, the whole surmounted by an upswept crested coiffure flanked by chignons with rests of fibres at each end for attachment of braids; exceptionally fine surface of brown and black pigment over a layer of kaolin. Height 11 3/4 in. 29 cm
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