N'Tomo Society Mask
Unidentified Bamana (Bambara) maker
early 20th century
Wood
Overall: 21 × 6 1/2 in. (53.3 × 16.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Joseph A. Wilkes, Class of 1941, and Winthrop W. Faulkner
S.973.244
Geography
Place Made: Mali, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
HIST 5.1, AAAS 14, Pre-Colonial African History, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Winter 2013
Exhibition History
The Mask: It Covers, It Transforms, It Reveals, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, April 30-Fall 1982, organized by students in Tamara Northern's museology seminar, Anthro 81.
The Ritual Context of African Art, Dartmouth College Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May-September 1975.
Provenance
Joseph A. Wilkes (1919-2010, Class of 1941) and Winthrop W. Faulkner (1931-2004) [Architectural partners]; given to present collection, 1973.
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