N’tomo Starter Mask
Bambara · Mali
Reference: MFG-20
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- Height
- 70 cm
- Material
- Wood, metal and pigments
More cover by the "bilakoro", boys who have not yet received circumcision and who belong to the youth branch of the society called N'Tomo. It is…
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Full original description
More cover by the \"bilakoro\", boys who have not yet received circumcision and who belong to the youth branch of the society called N\'Tomo. It is front page during ceremonies and dances that are held on the occasion of the harvest of millet The society organizes a feast and for them asks the people of the village for food. These boys as proof to demolish their manhood beat each other with sticks and must resist tears. A thin sheet of metal, in saw teeth on both sides, runs through the forehead and goes down to the tip of the nose. Blue polychrome except eyes, red, and edges of the nose and a yellow drawing on the cheeks. It's a three-horned cra.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- First third century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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