Anthropomorphic mask ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3034752

Description

open hollowed mouth, the teeth inset with bone splinters, eyebrows with animal hair, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, wooden socle;
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 3034752 was part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction on May 25, 2013. The object with the lot number 133 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.

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Comparing literature

Bilot, Alain, Masques du pays Dogon, Paris 2001, p. 101