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Wooden Bamana mask from Mali, 30 cm high and 13 cm wide, dating to 1900–2000, from a private collection acquired in 1950, with wear and a brown patina.

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Bamana mask

Bamana mask


C'est à travers différentes sociétés secrètes que les initiés bambara vont acquérir leur savoir, dont celle du Koré, ciblant les aînés et au cours de laquelle ce masque intervient. La société du Koré est divisée en huit classes d'initiés dont la sixième est celle des hyènes, ou surukuw.

The Koré society is made up of eight classes of initiates, the sixth of which is that of the hyenas, or surukuw, acquired through various secret societies by Bamara initiates, with this mask playing a role in the process, aimed at elders.

Le front proéminent renvoie à l'intelligence. Les sculpteurs, de village en village, se sentaient libres d'interpréter leur masque hyène..

A prominent forehead refers to intelligence. The sculptors, village by village, felt free to interpret their hyena mask..

Abrasions d'usage et érosions, patine brune.

Usual wear and erosions, brown patina.

Etablis au Mali central et méridional, dans une zone de savane, les Bambara," Bamana" ou " incroyants ", comme les musulmans les ont nommés, appartiennent au grand groupe Mande, avec les Soninke et les Malinke. Les groupes d'artisans bambara nyamakala, plus spécifiquement les forgerons nommés numu, sont en charge de la sculpture des objets rituels, dotés de la

Based in central and southern Mali, in a savanna zone, the Bamara, "Bamana" or "infidels", as Muslims called them, belong to the large Mande group, along with the Soninke and the Malinke. The Bamana nyamakala artisan groups, more specifically the blacksmiths called numu, are responsible for sculpting ritual objects, endowed with the

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Bamana mask

Bamana mask


C'est à travers différentes sociétés secrètes que les initiés bambara vont acquérir leur savoir, dont celle du Koré, ciblant les aînés et au cours de laquelle ce masque intervient. La société du Koré est divisée en huit classes d'initiés dont la sixième est celle des hyènes, ou surukuw.

The Koré society is made up of eight classes of initiates, the sixth of which is that of the hyenas, or surukuw, acquired through various secret societies by Bamara initiates, with this mask playing a role in the process, aimed at elders.

Le front proéminent renvoie à l'intelligence. Les sculpteurs, de village en village, se sentaient libres d'interpréter leur masque hyène..

A prominent forehead refers to intelligence. The sculptors, village by village, felt free to interpret their hyena mask..

Abrasions d'usage et érosions, patine brune.

Usual wear and erosions, brown patina.

Etablis au Mali central et méridional, dans une zone de savane, les Bambara," Bamana" ou " incroyants ", comme les musulmans les ont nommés, appartiennent au grand groupe Mande, avec les Soninke et les Malinke. Les groupes d'artisans bambara nyamakala, plus spécifiquement les forgerons nommés numu, sont en charge de la sculpture des objets rituels, dotés de la

Based in central and southern Mali, in a savanna zone, the Bamara, "Bamana" or "infidels", as Muslims called them, belong to the large Mande group, along with the Soninke and the Malinke. The Bamana nyamakala artisan groups, more specifically the blacksmiths called numu, are responsible for sculpting ritual objects, endowed with the

Details

Era
Before 1400
Culture
Ancient Asian
Number of objects
1
Century/timeframe
1900-200
Material
Wood
Acquired from
Private collection
Country of origin
Mali
Year acquired
1950
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Country acquired from
Africa
Height
30 cm
Previous owner acquired from
Private collection
Width
13 cm
Previous owner - year acquired
1930
Previous owner - country acquired from
Africa
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