Funeral Mask
Bambara · Mali
Reference: BR-33
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- Height
- 25 cm
- Material
- Iron
Normally metal masks do not have a ritual value, but the iron masks of the Bambara are masks of funerfals, commissioned to the blacksmith by the…
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Full original description
Normally metal masks do not have a ritual value, but the iron masks of the Bambara are masks of funerfals, commissioned to the blacksmith by the members of a family. The bronze ones are prestigious masks. Except for Dogon and the Bambara no other iron masks are known in Africa. Piece rusted by time.
Further technical information
- Width
- 13 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX.
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Mali. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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