Anthropomorphic mask "satimbe" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3042832

Name: Anthropomorphic mask "satimbe"
SKU: 3042832
Price: 2300 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 2,300

Provenance

Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)

Size

H: 81 cm

H: 31.9 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint/strongly encrusted in some areas, small remains of painting with red and white pigment, box-shaped mask with pierced see holes, crowned by a free standing female figure, sacrificial traces, cracks, abrasion of paint, traces of old age and weathering.
The Dogon have a large number of different types of masks, which all belong to the “awa” societies, and appear during the funeral ceremonies of the “dama”. These ceremonies are held every two or three years to honour those elders, who had died in the intervening years. The “satimbe” mask is also used in the “dama” festivities, but upholds a special position. It represents “yasigine”, the oldest sister of the masks (“sigui”) and the only woman in the village of the “awa” society who is allowed to dance. Literally translated “satimbe” means “sister of the head”.