Zoomorphic mask "kono" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3035691
sold
EUR 1,800
Provenance
Ketterer, München, 17. April 1993, lot 22Size
H: 97 cm
H: 38.2 inch
Description
wood thick encrusted patina, black pigment remains, sacrificial traces, long open mouth, the nose bridge partly wrapped with cord, the horn tips with leather bands, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, traces of abrasion;
large encrusted masks of the “kono” association are used in ceremonies performed to keep civic morality.
Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 187