Crest mask - Mama - Nigeria
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Wooden Masque cimier from the Mama culture of Nigeria, measuring 230 mm high, 250 mm wide and 530 mm long, in good condition, authentic/original, provenance Nigeria; no stand included.
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Nigeria
Mama
Wood
Height: 230mm
Width: 250mm
Length: 530mm
Crest / helmet / mask Mama from Nigeria.
African masks from the Mangam Mama ceremonies, whose buffalo masks are better known, are used within the ethnic group by members of a male association responsible for maintaining social order and promoting or fostering agricultural production. This mask is danced during celebrations related to agricultural fertility and sometimes human fertility. The Mama buffalo masks are kept in sacred wood and are brought back to the village to accompany the deceased into the afterlife.
Packages are sent Monday to Saturday with tracking number.
Delivery by Chronopost between 1 to 3 days in France and 2 to 5 days throughout the European Union. Delivery for the rest of Europe and the world worldwide via Colissimo International.
We speak english.
mask African art
African mask art
Afrikanische Maskenkunst
arte de máscaras africanas
arte delle maschere africane
statue african art
Arte de estatuas africanas
arte delle statue africane
Afrikanische Maskenkunst
Seller's Story
Passionate about the Arts of the World and more particularly by African Art, buys from collectors, former civil servants, soldiers, health personnel, public works personnel who have worked in Africa and also in Ivory Coast with antique dealers and touts who travel all over West Africa to find quality objects.
Translated by Google TranslateNigeria
Mama
Wood
Height: 230mm
Width: 250mm
Length: 530mm
Crest / helmet / mask Mama from Nigeria.
African masks from the Mangam Mama ceremonies, whose buffalo masks are better known, are used within the ethnic group by members of a male association responsible for maintaining social order and promoting or fostering agricultural production. This mask is danced during celebrations related to agricultural fertility and sometimes human fertility. The Mama buffalo masks are kept in sacred wood and are brought back to the village to accompany the deceased into the afterlife.
Packages are sent Monday to Saturday with tracking number.
Delivery by Chronopost between 1 to 3 days in France and 2 to 5 days throughout the European Union. Delivery for the rest of Europe and the world worldwide via Colissimo International.
We speak english.
mask African art
African mask art
Afrikanische Maskenkunst
arte de máscaras africanas
arte delle maschere africane
statue african art
Arte de estatuas africanas
arte delle statue africane
Afrikanische Maskenkunst
Seller's Story
Passionate about the Arts of the World and more particularly by African Art, buys from collectors, former civil servants, soldiers, health personnel, public works personnel who have worked in Africa and also in Ivory Coast with antique dealers and touts who travel all over West Africa to find quality objects.
Translated by Google TranslateDetails
Indigenous object name
Crest mask
Ethnic group/ culture
Mama
Country of Origin
Nigeria
Material
Wood
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Good condition
Authenticity
Original/official
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