Ntomo mask (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Bamana boys move through age-related training and initiations on their passage to manhood. Ntomo, the second-level initiation society, employs masks during lessons prior to the circumcision of the young men.
Gift of Jeffrey P. and Melody F. DeLawter in celebration of VMFA's 75th anniversary
African Sculpture from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Hilbert H. DeLawter, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1964, catalogue #4
The Art of Black Africa, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, 1970, catalogue #5
The Art of Black Africa, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, 1970, catalogue #5
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