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.