Rare African Mask Carved Wood hotsell & Polychrome Vintage Tribal Dance Mask Duma Aduma Tribe

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Type of Object: face mask
Ethnic Group: DUMA (ADOUMA, ADUMA, BADOUMA)
Country of Origin: Gabon
Materials: Wood, caolin/Polychrome pigment
Approximate Age: Second Half hotsell 20th century
Dimensions: APROX - 9 inches Tall by 6 inches Wide

Overall Condition: good. Most of these pieces have spent decades on at least two continents, and have been treasured by several owners. Small splits, scrapes and cracks are a normal part of their patina attesting to their age and extensive use. Each piece is carefully examined when received and any damage that is deemed to detract from the overall esthetics of the piece will be noted in our listings. Please look carefully at the pictures which may also reveal condition and damage.

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This tribe is located in the Ogooue River region in Gabon. The Aduma are the great boatmen of the Ogooue. They believe in a God who made the world, in an immortal soul and in retribution for evil; they worship spirits and ghosts, and are under the sway of sorcerers and secret societies, to which even the authority of their chiefs must yield. Remarkable are their masks with domed forehead, an angular nose, an interesting interplay of flat, convex, and angular forms. These masks are mostly polychrome, some with a painted design pattern. For the last half-century these masks have been used for celebratory dances associated with the major social rituals. Their former role is less well documented.

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