Helmet mask · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3035642
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany (1960’s)German Private Collection
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
light brown wood, brown patina, cut out square eyes, flat forehead area, curved horns describing an oval form, pierced around the rim, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion
Comparing literature
Museum of Primitive Art (ed.), Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan, New York 1960, p. 62, ill. 111