Mask of the Kono Society
Unidentified Bamana (Bambara) maker
19th-20th century
Wood, feathers, cloth, string, and sacrificial patina
Overall: 45 in. (114.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Corice and Armand P. Arman
S.976.257
Geography
Place Made: Mali, Western Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
African Art: A Teaching Exhibition, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 44, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 31-December 6, 1998.
Correspondences: African Sculpture at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 12, 1996-March 2, 1997.
Faces of Culture: Masks from the Permanent Collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1, 1991-November 1, 1993.
Provenance
Corice Canton Arman and Armand P. Arman (1928-2005), New York; given to present collection, 1976.
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