Anthropomorphic mask
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, circular pierced eyes, originally framed by cowrie snails (just three left), slightly dam., drilled holes around the rim partly broken out, metal base;
depicting a person called “the hunter”. The masks are carved by the person who wears it lateron. It is completed by a plant fibre costume which covers the most part of the body.