Zemanek-Münster

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

sold EUR 1,200
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23. November 2002, lot 119
Size
H: 156 cm
H: 61.4 inch

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”.


The object Mask with long horns with the object ID 3037971 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 114 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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Comparing literature

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


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