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Punu Initiation Mask

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A Punu Duma or Mvudi Mask from Gabon with white kaolien. Masks like these were used by various tribes in Gabon. Mwo Spirit Maiden masks portray a beautiful maiden with her whitened face and serene expression. As in life this beautiful maiden wears an elaborate hairstyle shown through polychrome colors. The mask would be worn with a colorful costume covering her body. Although the mask has an Asian expression, no such connection has been established. Known as Duma or Mvudi, it represents a female guardian spirit in the initiation of young girls, funerary rites, ancestor cults and also in danced of the full moon.

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AAA761