Ntomo Animask with Nine Horns
Depicting an antelope and probably characteristics of other animalsBamana People, MaliH 20″ x W 8.5″ x D 4.5″ (50.8cm x 21.6cm x 11.4cm)
Wood; signs of much age and useTraces remain of resin used to stick on red abrus seeds, now gone
The multi-pronged headdress is on masks danced by the Ntomo Society of the Bamana in West Africa. The Ntomo Society provides a bush school for uncircumcised boys to learn the proper ways of men, then to be initiated.
Provenance: Brian Nault, Oklahoma City
$1500
