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Bambara, Bamana Zoomorphic Hyena Mask

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:380.00 - 800.00 USD
Bambara, Bamana Zoomorphic Hyena Mask
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For your consideration is this African Tribal Zoomorphic BAMBARA "Suruku" hyena mask. This is a beautiful mask Hyena mask from Bamana, Mali in West Africa. The individual Kore Duga wearing the mask of the hyena does not take himself seriously in his dance he gets a stick decorated at its end with a horse's head and carrying a wooden sword he claims in substance that in this world where one is animated by the passions everything is meaningless and that the man takes himself for what he is not: a master or a god. The hyena mask parody the scientist who fights against human stupidity, which spares no one, even the most powerful in the world. The condition of the mask is good with a small chip out of the nose of the piece. The measurements of this mask are 14 1/2 " x 6 1/2" x