Mask "ntomo" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3030637
sold
EUR 2,800
Provenance
Paul Mahier, California, USASize
H: 50,5 cm
H: 19.9 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, plant fibres, of typical form with seven tooth-like projections, coated with resin-like mass with inserted cowrie snails, plant fibre in some places, pierced around the rim, rep. (horn), dam., missing parts (cowrie snails), traces of abrasion, base
The object Mask “ntomo” with the object ID 3030637 was part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction on March 21, 2015. The object with the lot number 115 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan, New York 1960, p. 30 f.