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mask (see figure 28) that was even more similar to the unknown mask in the Augustana College Collection. Minor<br />

details, such as the orientation of the triangular eye holes and the curvature of the top portion of the rectangular section,<br />

are the only differences between these masks. Finding this particular mask in Senegal further strengthens the claim to<br />

Bamana origin, as the Bamana kingdom would have been directly centralized between what is now Ghana and Senegal.<br />

Figure 27, Dogon mask encountered in Accra, Ghana<br />

Figure 28, mask encountered in St. Louis, Senegal<br />

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