Zemanek-Münster

Fragment of a mask "kanaga"

Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Provenance
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1972)
Swiss Private Collection
Size
H: 58 cm
H: 22.8 inch

Description

light brown wood, lusterless patina, remains of pigments, of narrow form with a highly abstracted face, superstructure in form of a double cross missing, dam., cracks, missing parts through insect caused damage


Comparing literature

Laude, Jean, African Art of the Dogon, New York 1973, ill. 91

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