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BambaraPeople of the upper Niger region of Mali who speak a Mande language of the Niger-Congo family. Numbering 3.4 million, the Bambara use the distinctive N'ko alphabet, which reads from right to left, and they are noted for their wood and metal sculptures. In the 17th–18th centuries the Bambara developed two separate empires, one based in Ségou (and including Timbuktu) and the other in Kaarta. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There are fine examples of Bwa and Bobo masks, exquisitely carved Baule and Bamana figures, anthromophoric Dan spoons, elegant ibejis, and a fifty-piece section of Cameroonian materials from the Hartner collection. Modern-day Mande languages include Kpelle in Liberia, Mende in Sierra Leone, and Bamana, Malinke and Soninke in Mali. I began with Stella and formalism, but Perrone's references range far more widely: His gallery press release mentions Aboriginal, Anasazi, Basotho, Igbo, Incan, Indian, Kuba, Navajo, Tibetan, and Turkmen art; Africa is also present in the material itself, the mud cloth (bogolanfini) of the Bamana of Mali. |
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