Antique Beaded Bambara Mask With Brass plates and Cowery Shells from Mali West Africa 13'' by 6'' Ivory coast prince Cotton T-Shirt

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Antique Beaded Bambara Mask With Brass plates and Cowery Shells from Mali West Africa 13'' by 6'' Ivory coast prince Cotton T-ShirtThe Bambara is the largest ethnic group in Mali, West Africa. Their traditions include six male societies, each with its own type of mask. Initiation for men lasts for seven years and ends with their symbolic death and their rebirth. Nearly every Bambara man had to pass through these societies in succession, until, upon reaching the highest rank, he had acquired a comprehensive knowledge of ancestral traditions. Those societies are the Jo, the ntomo,