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Gabon Vouvi Mask – Spiritual and aesthetic heritage, Prestige Collection (Price on request)
Gabon Vouvi Mask – Spiritual and aesthetic heritage, Prestige Collection (Price on request)
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The Vouvi mask from Gabon is distinguished by its elongated face, stylized features, and carefully sculpted hairstyle marked with raised motifs. Used during community and ritual ceremonies, it embodies a strong spiritual and social dimension.
Among the Vouvi people of Gabon, masks were used to communicate with ancestors and strengthen the bond between the living and protective spirits. They accompanied dances and songs intended to preserve harmony, ward off negative forces, and recall the values of unity and memory.
Today, this mask fascinates as much for its expressive simplicity as for its profound symbolic charge, making it a rare and precious piece, at the crossroads of art and the sacred.
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