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
Comparing literature
Massa, Gabriel, Masques Animaux d' Afrique de l'Ouest, Sepia 1995, p. 41, ill. 8