A Bamana Ntomo mask, Mali. The Bamana, also known as the Bambara people use masks for a multitude of occasions such as weddings, births, harvest seasons, and death. Banama masks are also used in masquerades for the various initiations that all male Bamana…
Bamana Puppet/Antelope mask, painted wood, depicting antelope head with female puppet atop head (one puppet height 120 cm, leg missing). Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
Bamana headdress Chiawara. Rising from a rectangular base, a small long eared animal carrying an antelope on its back, with curved body, four protruding horns, circular and linear decoration overall. Mali. Height 50 cm. Width 22 cm
Bamana headdress Chiawara rare example of an equestrian figure with rider dominating his mount. Raised facial features, with an elaborate coiffure, abstracted horns, rising from the back of the rider. Linear and triangular decoration overall. Rich brown…