Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3045709
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Provenance
Maître Blanchet et associés, Paris-Drouot, 21 September 2004, Lot 237Collection Musée de Saint-Cyprien, Pyrénées-Orientales, France (2017)
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, sheet metal, nails, blackish mass, remains of hide, base
The initiates of the “korè” are divided into different groups, each of which receives a certain animal as a totem. These are represented by appropriate masks. Aside of the hyaena mask “suruku”, lion masks “jaraw” and monkey masks “sulaw” appear.
The object Hyaena mask “suruku” of the “korè” society with the object ID 3045709 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 119.
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Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 119, cat. 104
Publications
AHDRC: 0148349