Mask with long horns ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3037971

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, blue, black and red pigment, face with elongated nose bridge and narrow see slits, open snout with remains of blackish mass inside, the overlong flat horns painted in stripes, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (broad crack between the ears filled with mass), rep. (breakage/middle of the right horn), abrasion;
possibly representing an antelope. Presumably used at rites of the initiation societies “ntomo” or “koré”.

Comparing literature

Ndiaye, Francois et. al., Arts et peuples du Mali, Amiens 1994, p. 46, ill.692 12