Anthropomorphic mask · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3032939
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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.
The object Anthropomorphic mask with the object ID 3032939 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 278.
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