Ca’ del Duca 3052, Corte del Duca Sforza
San Marco, 30124, Venezia, Italy
Tue – Sat 10am – 6pm
Teddy Mitchener
N'toma mask (series Disappearing Africa 2/7), 2018
Fine Art Archival Print on Hahnemuhle 310grs, 100% cotton rag paper
Series: Disappearing Africa
100x67 cm
Muslim merchant communities at thetime of the Bambara/Bamana Empire,the Marka can trace their ancestry asfar back as the 9th Century AD. Theylargely controlled the trade betweenthe Sahel communities andnomadic Berber...
Muslim merchant communities at thetime of the Bambara/Bamana Empire,the Marka can trace their ancestry asfar back as the 9th Century AD. Theylargely controlled the trade betweenthe Sahel communities andnomadic Berber tribes who crossedthe Sahara, in the 18th and early 19thcenturies.Today there are only around 25,000Marka speakers, and they are largelyintegrated amongst their Soninke
and Bambara neighbors, in present-day Mali.
The Marka used ceremonial masks toensure a successful hunt or bountifulharvest.
and Bambara neighbors, in present-day Mali.
The Marka used ceremonial masks toensure a successful hunt or bountifulharvest.
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