Face mask with large female figure "satimbe" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3048912
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Description
wood, pigment, thick encrusted black colour mixed with vegetal material,
The Dogon have a large number of different types of masks, which all belong to the “awa” society, 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 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”.
The object Face mask with large female figure “satimbe” with the object ID 3048912 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 138.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Götter - Geister - Ahnen, München 1992, p. 57 Bedaux, Jean Baptist, Art of the Dogon, Brüssel 2012, ill. 142 ff.
Publications
AHDRC: 0083048