Buffalo mask "tiemala" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3036921
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Provenance
A. Roth, Basel, SwitzerlandSize
H: 74,5 cm
H: 29.3 inch
Description
light brown wood, partly encrusted brown patina, remains of pigments, extraordinary formed ears, horns describing a nearly closed circle, pierced around the rim, rep. (breakage left horn tip), fine cracks, traces of abrasion, base
The object Buffalo mask “tiemala” with the object ID 3036921 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 138.
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Comparing literature
Massa, Gabriel, Masques Animaux d' Afrique de l'Ouest, Sepia 1995, p. 41, ill. 8