This mask was designed and constructed by the Fang, an agrarian/hunting people of Gabon. The Fang People used masks in their secret Ngil brotherhood. “Members of this male society wore the Fang mask during the initiation of new members ahttps://www.artgalleria.com/app/artworks/672162/edit#tab-notesnd the persecution of wrongdoers” (Rebirth Africa 2021). Masks such as this were also worn by itinerant troubadours for hunting and punishing sorcerers (Christies’ Catalog 2021).

REFERENCES:

Christies Catalog. 2021.

https://www.christies.com/Features/5-Minutes-with-A-rare-Fang-Ngil-mask-9446-1.aspx

Rebirth Africa. 2021. “Fang Mask Tribal History.”rebirth.co.za/fang_mask_history.htm