Bamana - African Wooden Mbundu mask from the Bamana people - Burkina Faso. - Verkocht

African Wooden Mbundu mask from the Bamana people from Burkina Faso

Hand carved from a single piece of wood with shells.

Height: 33 cm.

The professional standard is not included in the auction. You can order it there for 29.85 euros.

Taxatiewaarde; 175- 225 euro

Bamana share many aspects of broader Mandé social structure. Society is patrilineal and patriarchal. Mandé culture is known for its strong fraternal orders and sororities (Ton) and the history of the Bambara Empire strengthened and preserved these orders. The first state was born as a refashioning of hunting and youth Tons into a warrior caste. As conquests of their neighbors were successful, the state created the Jonton (Jon = slave/kjell-slave), or slave warrior caste, replenished by warriors captured in battle. While slaves were excluded from inheritance, the Jonton leaders forged a strong corporate identity. Their raids fed the Segu economy with goods and slaves for trade, and bonded agricultural laborers who were resettled by the state.