Hyaena mask "suruku" of "korè" society ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3034874

Description

wood, slightly shiny blackish brown patina, hemispherical vaulted forehead, a box-shaped protruding snout, tapering ears, dam., scratches, paint rubbed off, cracks (backside at the rim), metal socle

The object Hyaena mask “suruku” of “korè” society with the object ID 3034874 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 126 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

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Comparing literature

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, ill. 98 ff.

Publications

Arts et peuples du Mali, Amiens 1994, p. 60, ill. 74