Ape mask "ngon"

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Description

light brown wood, dark brown patina, collection number “G-241” at the back, dam., cracks, missing parts (back), traces of abrasion;
worn by the initiates of the “koré” society. They used animal masks, thus illustrating the relationship of humans with their own animalistic features.

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Littérature comparée

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 109

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