Zoomorphic helmet mask · Mali, Malinke/Bamana · ID: 3040241
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Provenance
Ladislas Segy, New York, USASize
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
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.
The object Zoomorphic helmet mask with the object ID 3040241 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 280.
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Publications
Segy, Ladislas, African sculpture speaks, New York 1975, p. 152, ill. 116