Ipunu

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Ipunu is an alternative name for the Punu people, a Bantu ethnic group primarily living in southern Gabon and neighboring regions of Central Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ipunu canonical 2

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Punu people ⓘ
artCollectionPresence major African art museums worldwide ⓘ
colonialHistoryContext French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguageContext French in Gabon ⓘ
cultivatedCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
plantains ⓘ
yams ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus part of Gabonese national culture ⓘ
demographicStatusInGabon one of the significant Bantu groups in Gabon ⓘ
ethnographicClassification Bantu people ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
famousFor white-faced masks ⓘ
geographicEnvironment savanna-forest mosaic ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
kinshipSystem Bantu kinship patterns ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
languagePhylum Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Punu language ⓘ
linked to: Punu languages
maskStyleInfluence Central African mask traditions ⓘ
neighboringRegions Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
practicesAncestorVeneration true ⓘ
primaryCountry Gabon ⓘ
primaryRegionWithinCountry southern Gabon ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroups Eshira people ⓘ
Lumbu people ⓘ
Shira people ⓘ
linked to: Eshira people

other Bantu peoples of Gabon ⓘ
religiousChange Christianization in colonial and postcolonial periods ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based ⓘ
traditionalArtForm mask carving ⓘ
wood sculpture ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
usesLanguageCode puu ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Punu → hasAlternativeName → Ipunu ⓘ
Yipunu → alternateName → Ipunu ⓘ