BAMANA STYLE HORSEMEN ARCHIVES, Mali

These Bamana horsemen are all sold and are left here for educational and research purposes.

For UNSOLD Bamana horsemen GO TO BAMANA HORSEMEN PAGE

BAMANA STYLE Horseman 1 41" high SOLD

BAMANA STYLE Horseman 2 38" high SOLD

BAMANA Puppet 61 26" high SOLD

BAMANA Puppet 62 25" high SOLD

BAMANA STYLE Horseman 3 40" high SOLD

BAMANA STYLE Horseman 4 45.5" high SOLD

BAMANA STYLE Horseman 6 17" high SOLD

BAMANA STYLE Horseman 5 48" high SOLD

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

The Bamana, like their neighbors, the Dogon, often used horsemen in some traditional sculpture. Only the greatest leaders were depicted on horseback. Owning a horse was a luxury, only for the rich and.powerful or those of high rank. Being shown on horseback was a great honor and so was ownership of a sculpture of a horseman, celebrating aesthetic expression and indicating wealth and status.