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TRIBAL AFRICAN ART
Cameroon and Gabon
Occupying the border region between Cameroon and Gabon, the Bulu form part of the Fang group and live not far from Kwele, with whom they share cultural similarities. They practiced a ngi ritual against sorcery, in particular, against poisonings. Ngi is the gorilla, a fearful animal, with whom the candidate identifies after he has been accepted into the association.
Most of their
masks are in the form of a human face, some with horns. They have geometrically formed
human heads, mostly colored white and black.
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