Mask with horns · Mali, Bamana/Bozo, Kita region · ID: 3035468
Swiss Private Collection
Description
wood, dark brown patina, the facial plane partly coated with resin-like mass, inset with cowrie snails and abrus seeds, mirror glass on cheeks and forehead, nose ring made from glass beads, crowned by five animal horns, dam. (breakage lower jaw), cracks, traces of abrasion;
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 3035468 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 53.
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Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, ill. 232