Mask – Wood – Mitsogho – Gabon

Authetnic Mitsoho mask from Gabon. Mitsogho masks, when not worn during funeral ceremonies, were kept at the back of the Ebanza house, where the men`s cult met. They were covered in white and red pigments and were carved with an open mouth, a small triangular nose, and typical slanted eyes.
[Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, The Tribal arts of Africa, P117]
Good ondition with traces of wear and tear. Provenance: Manfred Schäfer, former gallery owner from Ulm, Germany.