Zemanek-Münster

Fragment of a mask "kanaga" ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3035435

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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


The object Fragment of a mask “kanaga” with the object ID 3035435 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 55.

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Comparing literature

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


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