Anthropomorphic mask / headdress ·  Côte d'Ivoire / Mali, border region, Senufo · ID: 3050055

Description

wood, pigments, indigenous repair

These masks were mostly attributed to the Bamana in Mali. Patrick Girard did extensive research in the 1990s about these masks. According to this, they come from a small group of Senufo peoples living around Tingrela, in the border region of Ivory Coast and Mali. According to Girard they are called “bangoro go” / “gbaangorongo” and are worn horizontally on the head (cf. AHDRC 0130911).

The object Anthropomorphic mask / headdress with the object ID 3050055 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 176 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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Comparing literature

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 107