Mask "ntomo" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3036500
Description
wood, spotty brown patina, six projections, the facial plane spread with mass arranged in stripes or grate pattern, presumably once decorated with abrus seeds (now missing), pierced around the rim, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of insect caused damage, cracks, traces of abrasion, base
The object Mask “ntomo” with the object ID 3036500 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 135.
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Comparing literature
de Goy, Bertrand, Arts anciens du Mali, Paris 2007, p. 56 f.