Page 91 - Empires of Medieval West Africa

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Priests often kept spiritual
objects, such as this
mask from the Ntomo
society of the Bamana
people, in sacred groves.
Ntomo masks could have
between two and eight
horns. Although this mask
originally had six horns,
only two remain after
generations of use.

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