Face mask | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Face mask
The mask is deployed in dance when the harvest is approaching. This is also the time of the first rains and everyone is joyful when the mask makes its appearance. It probably depicts a spirit being. This is indicated by its white patination. The mask is most likely related to the Mami Wata complex.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Bamana
Object type
Maske
Dimensions
Breite: 300.0 mm, Höhe: 360.0 mm, Tiefe: 130.0 mm
Material/Technique
Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2873
Provenance and sources
when
1940 - 1985
when
28.06.1991
where
Africa (location/origin)
Mali (location/origin)
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