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Masque Teta a Mokeba, a Tsogho mask from Gabon, carved in wood, with a height of 32 cm and a width of 19 m, in good condition with some wear and stains due to age.

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Masque Teta a Mokeba - Tsogho - Gabon - Masques du Gabon
Mask of the Téta-a-mokeba category, that is to say "the father of grotesque masks".

It appears as a male anthropomorphic entity in all the rites of initiation societies of the Ya-mwèi and the Kono. These rites concern twins, the nocturnal Bwete rites, rites of passage, of death, of mourning...

The semi-hard wood of Yombo and colored with white clay and tukula powder (?). See a nearby example " - Somogy.

Rare and ancient, probably from the early 20th century,

Masque Teta a Mokeba - Tsogho - Gabon - Masques du Gabon
Mask of the Téta-a-mokeba category, that is to say "the father of grotesque masks".

It appears as a male anthropomorphic entity in all the rites of initiation societies of the Ya-mwèi and the Kono. These rites concern twins, the nocturnal Bwete rites, rites of passage, of death, of mourning...

The semi-hard wood of Yombo and colored with white clay and tukula powder (?). See a nearby example " - Somogy.

Rare and ancient, probably from the early 20th century,

Details

Era
After 2000
Material
Wood
Country of origin
Gabon
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
32 cm
Width
19 m
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Objects sold
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