Ntomo Mask
Unidentified Bamana (Bambara) maker
late 19th-20th century
Wood
Overall: 22 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (57 × 14 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.53.27141
Geography
Place Made: Mali, Western Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 3, Intro to Cultural Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Winter 2019
Exhibition History
Cultural Exchange, the Body, and Art and Technology, Art History 2, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 25-March 9, 2003.
Faces of Culture: Masks from the Permanent Collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1, 1991-November 1, 1993.
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin, about 1950; to Valerie Franklin (daughter), 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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