Ape mask "ngon" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3035426
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Provenance
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1967)Swiss Private Collection
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, pointed open snout, linear scarifications, pierced around the rim, min. dam., small missing parts (ears), 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.
The object Ape mask “ngon” with the object ID 3035426 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 50.
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