Crest mask - Mama - Nigeria






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Mama mask (Masque cimier) from Nigeria, carved from wood, dimensions 530 × 250 × 230 mm, sold without a stand, in good condition.
Description from the seller
Nigeria
Mama
Wood
Height: 230mm
Width: 250mm
Length: 530mm
Crest / helmet / Mama mask from Nigeria.
The African masks used in the mangam ceremonies of the Mama, among which the buffalo masks are better known, are used within the tribe by members of a male association responsible for maintaining social order and for increasing or promoting agricultural production. This mask is therefore danced during celebrations related to agricultural fertility and, at times, 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 shipped Monday through Saturday with a tracking number.
Delivery by Chronopost is 1 to 3 days in France and 2 to 5 days throughout the European Union. Delivery to the rest of Europe and the world is by Colissimo International.
We speak english.
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Seller's Story
Nigeria
Mama
Wood
Height: 230mm
Width: 250mm
Length: 530mm
Crest / helmet / Mama mask from Nigeria.
The African masks used in the mangam ceremonies of the Mama, among which the buffalo masks are better known, are used within the tribe by members of a male association responsible for maintaining social order and for increasing or promoting agricultural production. This mask is therefore danced during celebrations related to agricultural fertility and, at times, 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 shipped Monday through Saturday with a tracking number.
Delivery by Chronopost is 1 to 3 days in France and 2 to 5 days throughout the European Union. Delivery to the rest of Europe and the world is by Colissimo International.
We speak english.
mask african art Afrikanische Maskenkunst arte de máscaras africanas arte delle maschere africane
statue african art Arte de estatuas africanas arte delle statue africane Afrikanische Maskenkunst
