Mask - Fang - Gabon (No reserve price)

gil Justice mask, decorative – Fang, Gabonese tribe. Wood, kaolin. The mask was worn at night, during penal procedures in which the great initiate, beneath the mask, went from dwelling to dwelling, in order to have the culprit revealed to him in cases, often homicide cases. Once the author (culprit) was identified, the wearer of the mask had the authority to pronounce the sentence, most often death.

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