Buffalo mask "mishi koun" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3052102
Sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Lore Huber, Sinsheim, GermanySize
H: 58 cm
H: 22.8 inch
Description
wood, pigments,
It is the Bougoumi region that villagers gather each year to celebrate the end of the dry season, through masked dances and abundant comsumption of beer and palm wine. The mask “mishi kun” is the first to come on stage before other zoomorophic masks.
The object Buffalo mask “mishi koun” with the object ID 3052102 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 227 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Massa, Gabriel, Masques Animaux d' Afrique de l'Ouest, Sepia 1995