Ireland in 1878

for instance

gilt brass swan neck carrying handles

The gilding has faded to a gentle hue

crisp prismatic glass globe

A Punu Mask Lighting Ireland in 1878H: 32 W: 19 D: 14 CM. The famous white masks of the Punu people were worn during the okuyi performance, one of the rites of mwiri, an important male initiation society spread throughout southern and central Gabon. They are characterized by a face with youthful features, half closed eyelids under slightly raised arching eyebrows, a fine realistically rendered nose, a mouth pursed forward with full red painted lips, painted red, and an elaborate crested