Featured Hi everyone. I request your assistance in identifying this goat mask please.

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  1. Skander S.

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    Skander S., Jun 11, 2024
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  2. Any Jewelry

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    Welcome Skander.
    Probably not a goat, more likely an antelope. West African, but I don't know exactly which tribe. I will tag someone who'll know: @2manybooks .:)
     
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    Welcome, @Skander S.

    Your mask is a type called a "helmet" mask, which is worn on top of the head, and depicts an antelope. Based on the style, it was probably made by a Bobo artist , from Burkina Faso, West Africa. Here is a similar one in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum -

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    https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/317848

    And here is some more information about the antelope (nyanga) masking tradition among the Bobo -

    https://www.valpo.edu/brauer-museum...n/kobo-antelope-nyanga-ceremonial-dance-mask/
     
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    Thanks a lot @2manybooks i will do my searchs !
     
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    @Any Jewelry :happy:
     
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