Four rams Ntomo Mask, Bamana Population, Mali
Located in Paris, FR
The Ntomo mask is used during initiation rituals for youths in Bamana societies of West Africa.
20th Century Malian Folk Art Masks
Shell, Wood
Four rams Ntomo Mask, Bamana Population, Mali
Located in Paris, FR
The Ntomo mask is used during initiation rituals for youths in Bamana societies of West Africa.
Shell, Wood
Splendid Seven rams Ntomo Mask, Bamana Population, Mali, 1930-1940
Located in Paris, FR
The Ntomo mask is used during initiation rituals in West Africa.
Shell, Wood
Kpélié Mask, Sénoufo population, Ivory Coast, 1950
Located in Paris, FR
The masks may also feature metallic elements, a characteristic shared with the masks of the Bamana and Marka peoples.
Wood
Malian Bamana Carved Colonial Mask with Tricolour Headdress
Located in Nottingham, GB
Among the Bamana and other Mande-speaking peoples of West Africa, masks played an essential role in community life.
Wood
Bamana Notomo Ceremonial Wood Dance Mask
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bamana Notomo Ceremonial Wood Dance Mask Height 23 in., Width 7 in., Depth 6.5 in.
Wood
Antique African 'Bamana' Hand Carved Monkey Mask
Located in Meer, VAN
Antique African 'Bamana' Monkey Mask Antique African 'Bamana' Monkey Mask, late 19th to early 20th century.
Wood
Bamana Ceremonial Iron Female Dance Mask, Mali
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bamana Ceremonial Iron Female Dance Mask, Mali 19th Century. almond slit eyes, elongated nose, and a closed mouth, with long pendant hair, with a red brown crusted patina, on a metal...
Wood
Bamana, African Masks
Located in Stockholm, SE
"Kore" mask, the Bamana tribe, Mali. Prov. Author Jolan Chang (1917-2002), Chinese/Canadian/Swedish sexologist and taoist philosopher.
Bamana Mask, Suruku Mali, 1940s
Located in Brussels, BE
Bamana Mask, Suruku Mali, 1940s.
Wood
Bamana Marka Mask
Located in Astoria, NY
Carved and painted wood Bamana mask of a elongated and stylized face, made in West Africa.
Wood
Bamana Antelope Mask, Africa, Early 20th Century
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very old African carved wood head crest in the form of a long horned antelope with a very long snout with drilled nostrils and tongue showing between parted jaws. Two small eyes are ...
Wood
N'tomo Society Mask, Bamana People, Mali, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Mask of the Bamana in Mali, which is used in the initiation ceremonies of the ‘N’tomo society’.
Metal
Suruku Initiation Mask of the Kore Society, Bamana People, Mali
Located in Leuven , BE
This wooden mask is made by the Bamana Kore society in Mali.
Wood
Early Bamana Mask, Mali
Located in Rochester, NY
Bamana mask from Mali with deep set eyes, small highly placed ears, head crest extending down joining long prominent nose and the face with zig-zag patterns.
Iron
Bamana Mask "Ntomo", Mali, Africa, circa 18th-19th Century
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
According to Robert Goldwater, former director of New York’s now-defunct Museum of Primitive Art (MPA), He describes Ntomo face masks as "among the most interesting of the Bambara [o...
Wood
African Tribal Bambara Bamana Mask
Located in Long Island City, NY
African tribal carved wood Bambara Bamana tribal carved wood horned mask.
Wood
African Mali Bamana Bambara Carved Wood Kore Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully carved mask from the Bamana (Bambara) tribe of Mali. This mask, which has clear signs of wear and use, is a Kore mask and was made to be worn during initiation society ...
Wood
Old Bamana Animal Mask, Mali
Located in Rochester, NY
Bamana animal mask, Mali - representing a lion with short wide ears and open toothy mouth.
Iron
20th Century Tribal Bamana Dance Mask
Located in New York, NY
There are traces of honey on the forehead with would indicate offerings were made on the mask. The mask was recently set on a metal stand with a wooden base - like a sculpture. It is...
Wood
African Bamana N'tomo Horned Mask from Mali
Located in Long Island City, NY
The carved wood mask mounted on a stand
Wood
RARE BAMANA 'SURUKU' MASK FROM MALI circa 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Bamana Hyena mask also known as Suruku in the Bamana language of Mali, West Africa.
Wood
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