Ntomo Mask

Unidentified Bamana (Bambara) maker

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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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