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Africa / Masks / Face masks / Primordial ancestors / Used in funerary rituals

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Used by dancers on stilts in the Okuyi or Mukudj' dance by members of the Mwiri society. 'The Okuyi mask refers to the "female ancestor". In religious terms it linked the living to the dead...' Louis Perrois and Charlotte Grand-Dufay, Punu, Milan 2008, p. 43.

Artist or creator

Punu (Gabon)

Date

19th century - 20th century

Location

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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