Anthropomorphic mask / headdress · Côte d'Ivoire / Mali, border region, Senufo · ID: 3050055
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Justin Barthels, Maastricht, The NetherlandsSize
H: 65 cm
H: 25.6 inch
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).
Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 107