Mask

White, stylised face mask
Probably Fang, Gabon, about 1898
Accession Number 27.11.99.16

Our records say that this mask was used in ‘pleasure dances’. The white colour and heart-shaped face are like the masks of the fearsome ngil association maskers that served to punish wrong-doers and carry out death sentences against witches and sorcerers.

 
 

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