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1. Metal face mask (N'domo mask)

Metal face mask (N'domo mask)
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
N'domo mask used in the second of seven initiation rituals for boys of the Bambara people of Mali. The decorated vertical wooden posts represent the wisdom of the cosmos and the long nose symbolizes vitality.

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