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Bamana peoples
Ntomo mask

Mali, Early 20th Century
carved wood, rope
4.5 w × 3 d × 12 h in (11 × 8 × 30 cm)

Sold with a digital copy of the original invoice from Damon Brandt Arts, Inc. Sold with stand.

Provenance: Maureen Zarember, Tambaran Gallery, New York | Damon Brandt Arts, Inc., New York | Purchased from the previous in 2004 | Estate of Judith E. Neisser, Chicago

Exhibited: Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali, September - December 2001, Museum for African Art, New York

Literature: Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali, Colleyn, pg. 103, cat. 77 illustrates this example

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Name: Bamana peoples, Ntomo mask
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