Mask "ntomo" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3030637
Vendu
2 800 €
Provenance
Paul Mahier, California, USADescription
wood, brown patina, plant fibres, of typical form with seven tooth-like projections, coated with resin-like mass with inserted cowrie snails, plant fibre in some places, pierced around the rim, rep. (horn), dam., missing parts (cowrie snails), traces of abrasion, base
Littérature comparée
Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan, New York 1960, p. 30 f.