Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Mask "ntomo"

Mali, Bamana
sold EUR 2,800
Provenance
Paul Mahier, California, USA
Size
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


Comparing literature

Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan, New York 1960, p. 30 f.

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