Mask with horns ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3032687

Description

wood, dark brown patina, carved with three horns wrapped with fabric, two animal horns attached, leather strips sewn with cowrie snails, mass remains in the eye zone, originally serving for attachment of mirror glass, silver metal earrings, slightly dam., missing parts, cracks, paint rubbed off;
according to J.- P. Colleyn an unusual “tjiwara” mask type, which was worn in front of the face. It used to accompany adolescent farmers at harvesting competitions on the fields and incited them to maximum demand.

The object Mask with horns with the object ID 3032687 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 267 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.

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Comparing literature

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, ill. 232