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English: Mask for the Okuyi Society (Mukudj)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Mask for the Okuyi Society (Mukudj)
Description
English: Light wooden dance mask, carved in the form of a human face with high headdress painted black in six parallel, curved ridges going from front to back. Face colored white and decorated with three groups of keloids: between brows, at outer edges of eyes and brows, and on temples. Slit eyes, holes at either side for attachment. Used by a female secret society. Condition: Surface wear; missing pigment. Holes in face at lower left and in one eye.
English: In the past mukudj masks were danced on stilts in masquerades during funeral celebrations. The mask's white coloring symbolizes peace, the afterlife, and the spirits of the dead—though today its performances are chiefly for entertainment.
Date
English: late 19th century
Dimensions 9 7/8 x 7 x 6in. (25.1 x 17.8 x 15.2cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor
Accession number
22.225
Credit line Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Notes
  • Culture: Gabon
  • Place made: Gabon
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.225_acetate_bw.jpg
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