Zoomorphic helmet mask ·  Mali, Malinke/Bamana · ID: 3040241

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Description

wood, reddish brown patina, traces of black paint, forehead crest, overlong pointed ears, a short box-shaped snout, linear incised ornaments, various drilled holes, among others along the crest, presumably for attachment of ornament, slightly dam., missing part at the upper rim on the backside, base;
these masks represent composite beings.

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Publications

Segy, Ladislas, African sculpture speaks, New York 1975, p. 152, ill. 116

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