Dance mask - Gabon (No reserve price)

The Tsogho mask (or Mitsogho) is a traditional mask of Gabon, associated with the Mitsogho people.
Material: usually wood, sometimes with pigments, fibers or attached elements.
Style: face often stylized, with a strong geometrization of features.
Function: it could take part in ritual and initiatory ceremonies, notably in the Bwiti context, a spiritual tradition very important among the Mitsogho.
Symbolism: the mask can represent the relationship between the visible world and the spiritual world, ancestors and protective forces.
Region: mainly the center and south of Gabon.