Africa. Exceptional Fang Ngil mask (Gabon).... - Lot 135 - Magnin Wedry

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Africa. Exceptional Fang Ngil mask (Gabon).... - Lot 135 - Magnin Wedry
Africa. Exceptional Fang Ngil mask (Gabon). Ngil is the name of a secret society responsible for maintaining order among the Fangs. This type of mask was intended for the great initiates and crossed the villages at nightfall, lit by torches. They had a police and justice function. They were banned by the colonial administration and later became instrumentalized by groups seeking to terrorize the population. This type of mask is rare because it was subject to massive destruction as soon as it was banned in the 1910s. Wood, Kaolin. H. 59cm - (Africa, African art, Civilization and ethnic groups).
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