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Kwele mask - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art

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Kwele Mask: Title: Kwele Mask Date/Period: Late 20th Century Dimension: 17" h x 10.5" w Materials: Wood Additional Information: African Tribal Art Kwele Mask Gabon Reserve: $90.00 Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of

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Kwele Mask: African Tribal Art Kwele Mask, Gabon Dimension is 15.5 inches high x 8 inches wide. The shipping cost for domestic is $35.00 flat rate shipping within the Continental US, international foreign shippin

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Kwele Mask: African Tribal Art Kwele Mask, Gabon, Dimension is 17 inches high x 7.5 inches wide. The shipping cost for domestic is $40.00 flat rate shipping within the Continental US, international foreign shippi

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Kwele Mask: African Tribal Art Kwele Mask, Gabon, Dimension is 11.5 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. The shipping cost for domestic is $35.00 flat rate shipping within the Continental US, international foreign ship

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Beautiful KWELE Ekuk Mask Bwami Cult Gabon African Tribal Art 1658: GABON KWELE EKUK MASK Beautiful decorative mask Characteristics: TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask. ETHNICAL GROUP: Kwele ORIGINE: Gabon MATERIAL: Wood DIMENSIONS: (wood only) About 15 inches high (38 cm) CONDITIO

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Kwele Mask: African Tribal Art Kwele Mask from Gabon. The dimension is 14 inches high x 9 inches wide. The shipping cost for domestic is $45.00 flat rate shipping within the Continental US including handling, pac

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Kwele Mask: African Tribal Art Kwele Mask from Gabon, Dimension is 9.5 inches high x 9.5 inches wide. The shipping cost for domestic is $35.00 flat rate shipping within the Continental US, international foreign s

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Kwele Mask: African Tribal Art Kwele Mask from Gabon. The dimension 10 inches high x 15 inches wide. The packing and shipping cost with insurance for domestic is $35.00 flat rate shipping within the Continental U

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Kwele Mask: African Tribal Art Kwele Mask from Gabon. The dimension 15.5 inches high x 11 inches wide. The packing and shipping cost with insurance for domestic is $35.00 flat rate shipping within the Continental

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Kwele Mask: African Tribal Art Kwele Mask from Gabon. The dimension 13.5 inches high x 11 inches wide. The packing and shipping cost with insurance for domestic is $40.00 flat rate shipping within the Continental

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A Serene Kwele African mask, African Art: A wonderful carved wooden mask with a well weathered kaolin clay surface and friendly carved round face accented by two horns.Kwele Peoples, Gabon, Africa.The mask measures 16 x 7 inches.This mask wil

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Abstract Kwele African mask with 4 faces, African Art: This is a wonderful carved wooden mask with four "spirit" faces , all carved from a single piece of wood, accented with kaolin clay. Kwele Peoples, Gabon

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A Kwele Spirit of the Forest mask, African Art: A carved wooden headdress with 4 mask faces, representing forest spirits. Kwele peoples, Gabon, Africa.

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Okuyi Punu dance mask - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art: Title: Okuyi Punu dance mask - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art Description: Refining African masks of Okuyi dances. The white masks of Gabon, itengi, (pl. bitengi) were associated with the various secr

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Punu Okuyi Mask - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art: Title: Punu Okuyi Mask - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art Type: Mask Date/Period: Second half 20th century Origin: Gabon Dimension: 15,35 Inch Weight: 2,65 Pounds Material: Wood, vegetal fibers, cauris

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Large Fang Ngil mask - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art: Title: Large Fang Ngil mask - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art Description: Rituals of justice and African masks Fang. The appearance of these masks coated with kaolin (the white color evokes the power

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Kwele mask - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art

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Title: Kwele mask - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art

Date/Period: Second half XX°

Origin: Gabon

Dimension: 14,17 Inch

Materials: wood

Weight: 1,76 Pounds

Item type: masks

Provenance: Depending on the presence of horns and their arrangement, the masks are named pibibibudzé , Ekuku zokou , etc...and are associated with ancestors or spirits of the forest, " ekuk ". Tribe of the Kota group, the Kwélé , Bakwélé , live in the forest on the northern border of the Republic of Congo. They live from hunting, agriculture and metallurgy. Practicing the cult named Bwété borrowed from the Ngwyes, which was accompanied by obligatory initiation rites, they used at the end of the ceremonies in addition to the zoomorphic masks of elephant or gorilla, the masks ekuk evoking the antelope whose horns meet in a loop under the chin. Antelope blood was also used in Kwélé for therapeutic purposes.

Additional Information: Stand not included. A universal or custom base can be ordered separately.

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Kwele mask - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art

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Price: 200 USD
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