Ape mask "ngon" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3034746
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
light brown wood, dark brown patina, collection number “G-241” at the back, dam., cracks, missing parts (back), traces of abrasion;
worn by the initiates of the “koré” society. They used animal masks, thus illustrating the relationship of humans with their own animalistic features.
Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 109